Children with disabilities in Nepal face diverse and imposing barriers to getting a basic education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Schools are physically inaccessible, teachers are inadequate…Continue Reading

The U.N.’s top human rights body voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to demand that Syria end its bloody crackdown and cooperate with an international probe into possible crimes against humanity.Continue Reading

Slum housing and poor health conditions endured by South African farmworkers amount to human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday about the men and women who produce some of the country’s best-known exports — wines and f…Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. Human Rights Council launched an international commission of inquiry on Tuesday into Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protesters, including possible crimes against humanity, despite objections by Russia, China and Cuba.Continue Reading