Month: February 2022

The scheduled work of the UN Human Rights Council was halted temporarily on Monday as Member States were called to vote on a request from […]

As the conflict in Ukraine deepens and the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is gearing up to hold its […]

In full costume and make-up, drag queen Madame Bonjour JohnJ, is teaching children that it’s ok to be different, during storytelling sessions in their native […]

Sri Lanka has taken steps towards legal, institutional and security sector reforms, but more action is still needed, according to a report issued on Friday […]

France has violated the rights of French children detained for years in camps in northeast Syria by failing to repatriate them, the UN Child Rights […]

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights launched on Wednesday a ground-breaking new report for development finance institutions to ensure that the projects they support […]

Weapons exports to the military rulers in Myanmar by UN Member States must stop, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the […]

UN-appointed independent rights experts issued a statement on Monday calling on India to end relentless misogynistic and sectarian attacks against an investigative journalist. from UN […]

A transgender woman in Haiti has said she does not want to die in a man’s body, and hopes to leave her native country to […]

Although child marriage and “bride kidnapping” are illegal in Kyrgyzstan, both practices still exist in parts of the country. An initiative from a UN-backed programme […]