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EDITORIAL: Human rights compliance

‘Human rights are part of our DNA’: UN launches global alliance to counter rising threats

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has launched a Global Alliance for Human Rights, a broad coalition aimed at placing the issue at the heart of decision-making, when conflict leve...

नेपालको मानवअधिकार मामिला धमाधम अन्तर्राष्ट्रियकरण

सामान्य नागरिकले मानवअधिकार उल्लंघन भयो भनेर कति उजुरी दिए होलान्, आयोगले त्यस्तालाई न्याय दियो होला भनेर अनुमान गर्न गार्‍हो पर्ने अवस्था सिर्जना भएको छ ।

Volker Türk, Hoge Commissaris voor de Mensenrechten: ‘Uiteindelijk willen mensen geen wredere wereld, ze willen méér men...

HRW: Indonesia violating human rights under the guise of security measures

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Indonesia to rescind its newly implemented policies to fight street crime, citing concerns that these measures would result in excess...

Climate pledges will fail without human rights protections, rights group warns

Amnesty International on Friday urged states attending the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany, to turn existing climate commitments into a concrete, rights-centered action plan...

Rights defender killings hit record high as UN pushes to shore up humanitarian action

Attacks against human right defenders have reached record levels over the past year, according to a new report issued on Wednesday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.Read the ful...

Natural, Thus Universal, Human Rights

Casey Chalk, The Acton Institute It was admittedly a surprising circumstance for a debate on natural rights. On September 4 of last year, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) was speaking dur...

Rights group calls for release of aid workers detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen

Human Rights Watch on Sunday demanded that Houthi authorities who have systematically detained more than 70 United Nations employees in Yemen over the course of two years release t...

UN Rights Commissioner: attacks on rights defenders reached alarming levels in 2025

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report on Wednesday documenting record level attacks against human rights defenders in 2025. The Special Ra...

Latest research flags Zimbabwe’s human rights record again

NEW data has flagged Zimbabwe’s human rights record, highlighting gaps in basic rights such as housing, food and emphasising how people do not feel safe from state abuse. The lates...

Rights group condemns Mali armed forces and allied militias for violence against civilians

Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized Islamist armed groups, allied militias, and Malian armed forces who have committed “serious abuses of human rights against civilians” amidst...

Rights group calls for release of civilians held amid ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur

Amnesty International on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of civilians being held by armed groups in India’s Manipur state as negotiations over the fate...

Rights group hails Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty amidst regional conflict

Human Rights Watch welcomed Lebanon’s accession to the Mine Ban Treaty on Wednesday. The group described it as a positive development in addressing the severe humanitarian and soci...

Time for Europe to Recognize the Right to a Healthy Environment

On the eve of World Environment Day, I joined around 400 environmental defenders and policymakers from across Europe in Strasbourg, France, where they gathered at the first Europea...

Australia failing to implement UN recommendations to reform human rights system: report

Australia has ignored their responsibility to implement UN-recommended changes to their human rights policies in areas such as the criminal justice system, indigenous rights, and c...

De nieuwe commissaris voor de mensenrechten in Rusland minacht de mensenrechten

Rights groups urge Bangladesh to amend national human rights commission bill

A coalition of human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), issued a joint statement on Monday urging the government of Bangladesh to refrain from adopting the current...

Indonesia: Plan to Vet Human Rights Defenders

Click to expand Image Advocacy for Democracy Team (TAUD) members show solidarity with An...

Rights group urges DRC to end support for armed group over human rights violations

Amnesty International called on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)’s authorities on Thursday to cease their support for the Collective of Movements for Change-People’s Defe...

Righs group condemns forced labor in Sri Lanka

Amnesty International on Wednesday released a report alleging that tea workers on private estates in Sri Lanka are being subjected to conditions that “may amount to forced labour,”...

Rights organizations issue joint letter on human rights ahead of EU–China engagement and MEP visit

A group of top human rights organizations issued a joint public letter on Wednesday ahead of the highly anticipated EU/China conference, urging the Members of the European Parliame...

Support Builds to Protect Children from Crimes Against Humanity

Click to expand Image Children wait near the site of Okhmatdyt children’s hospital hit b...