First Person: Humankind’s ‘modern mentality to tame’ the environment: A volcanologist’s view
The 17 goals agreed by the global community to reduce poverty and create a sustainable planet are the responsibility of all people, wherever they are […]
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Release inmates in Yemen to avert nationwide COVID-19 outbreak, experts urge
An international panel of human rights experts called today for the immediate release of political prisoners and detainees in war-ravaged Yemen to help avert a […]
COVID-19 stoking xenophobia, hate and exclusion, minority rights expert warns
Combatting the COVID-19 pandemic must also include stamping out what one independent human rights expert has called the “darker sides” of the disease: verbal and […]
First Person: Hawaii’s ‘silver tsunami’: the challenge of caring for kupuna elders
The International Labour Organization (ILO) marked its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration launched a photography project called “Dignity at Work: The […]
First Person: False promises in Mauritania
Women and girls face particular challenges as migrants, whatever their reason for leaving their country of origin. UN agencies are learning more about these difficulties, […]
First Person: False promises in Mauritania
Women and girls face particular challenges as migrants, whatever their reason for leaving their country of origin. UN agencies are learning more about these difficulties, […]
UNFPA advocates for women, girls suffering unseen impacts of COVID-19 pandemic
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is pledging support for those suffering from invisible impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including women and girls whose […]
Protect ‘healthcare heroes’ from COVID-19, urges UN rights expert
States and business leaders must step up efforts to ensure that the selfless doctors, nurses, first-responders and other medical professionals working on the frontlines of […]
Human rights must be maintained in beating back the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘without exception’ – UN experts
Dozens of independent UN human rights experts stressed on Thursday that in addition to public health and emergency measures, battling the COVID-19 pandemic, must respect […]
FROM THE FIELD: Threatened Brazilian activist fights for slavery descendants’ rights
A Brazilian activist who regularly receives threats of violence says he will continue fighting for the right of people of African descent to access land […]