[ad_1] BEIJING: The children of human rights advocates in China are being punished for their parents’ activism as Beijing intensifies a crackdown on civil society, a rights group warned on…
[ad_1] STRASBOURG: Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of older Swiss women…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: In a historic judgment on Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights declared that nations must enhance their efforts to shield their citizens from the adverse impacts…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in South Asia has appealed for USD 620 million to support and protect Afghan migrants in Iran and…
[ad_1] GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council will consider a draft resolution on Friday calling for an arms embargo on Israel, citing the “plausible risk of genocide in Gaza”. If…
[ad_1] Last week, Saudi Arabia was chosen to chair the United Nations’ leading gender equality forum, the Commission on the Status of Women. Even before the choice was finalized, rights…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The United Nations General Assembly is scheduled to vote on a resolution concerning artificial intelligence (AI) on Thursday. This proposed resolution, the first of its kind, aims…
[ad_1] In a fiery exchange at the 55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council, India exercised its ‘Right of Reply,’ staunchly refuting Pakistan’s allegations and highlighting its own…
[ad_1] A UN-hosted conference in Qatar aims to increase international engagement with crisis-ridden Afghanistan. But little progress is expected with regard to the erosion of human rights under the Taliban.On…
[ad_1] TALLINN: The most prominent human rights group in Belarus is calling on the United Nations’ special rapporteur for human rights in the repressive country to pressure officials to give…
