News and Press Release in English on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 31 Dec 2024 by OSRSG Children and Armed Conflict. Read more: 2025 must be a year where children's rights are upheld even in armed conflict situationsContinue Reading
By Guadalupe Marengo, Head of Human Rights Defenders and Global Relief Programme at Amnesty International. 2024 has been a particularly difficult … Read more: Why protecting human rights defenders must be a priority for us all – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading
FILE – Palestinian paramedics inspect damage in the patient rooms caused by the Israeli strikes on the maternity ward at Nasser Hospital in the town … Read more: Israeli attacks push Gaza health care system near collapse, UN rights office says – VOAContinue Reading
The NAM included Keara Castaldo and Kseniya Dashutsina, ODIHR Senior Election Advisers. The purpose of the mission was to assess the pre-election … Read more: Republic of Tajikistan, Parliamentary Elections, 2 March 2025, Needs Assessment Mission ReportContinue Reading
Human rights commissioners from Russia and Ukraine met on Monday in Belarus following the largest prisoner swap between the two countries in … Read more: Russian, Ukrainian human rights commissioners meet on the heels of major prisoner swapContinue Reading
Assaults on medical facilities could amount to war crimes in certain circumstances, human rights office report says. Read more: Israel's hospital attacks have put Gaza healthcare on brink of collapse, says UNContinue Reading
Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have devastated the Palestinian enclave's health system and raised serious concerns about Israel's compliance … Read more: U.N. body accuses Israel of destroying Gaza healthcare – ReutersContinue Reading
I believe that Francis understands that bearing witness to human suffering and misery on an almost incomprehensible scale requires a response, that … Read more: The pope is right about Israel and Gaza. This is cruelty, not war | Opinions – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
An injured child is seen at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on Dec. 19, 2024. (Photo by Abdul Rahman Salama/Xinhua). Read more: UN human rights chief calls for investigation into Israeli attacks on Gaza hospitals – XinhuaContinue Reading
Analysis in English on Ukraine about Gender, Health and more; published on 31 Dec 2024 by OHCHR. Read more: Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine, 1 September – 30 November 2024 [EN/UK]Continue Reading
The Georgian was a campaigner for human rights, democracy and public health – and a devoted husband. Read more: For a global leader what stood out was Jimmy Carter's humility and lack of egoContinue Reading
The Pentagon has released a Tunisian detainee held in Guantanamo Bay since the first day the notorious prison camp opened in 2002 without ever … Read more: US military releases long-held Guantanamo detainee to Tunisia – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), December 31, 2024 (SPS) – The International Association of Lawyers for Western Sahara expressed deep concern … Read more: International Association of Lawyers for Western Sahara condemns attacks against …Continue Reading
This forty-first report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the human rights situation in Ukraine covers key … Read more: Periodic Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine: 1 September to 30 November 2024Continue Reading
A new report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) highlights persistent suffering of civilians and prisoners of war (POWs) … Read more: Report details bleak human rights situation in Ukraine nearly three years into Russian invasionContinue Reading