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“Calling things by their proper name –apartheid– is not a moment of despair: rather, it is a moment of moral clarity, a step on a long walk inspired by hope.”

“Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is vital for our individual and collective well-being, especially now.”

The General Assembly decided that a week of solidarity with the peoples struggling against racism and racial discrimination, beginning on 21 March, would be...

Nowruz starts on the day of the vernal equinox, and marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. It promotes values of peace and solidarity...

Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks and other horrific acts of terrorism purportedly carried out in the name of Islam, institutional suspicion of Muslims...

The current spate of Islamophobia has been fed by populist politics from Donald Trump to Narendra Modi. In Europe, far-right anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim...

“The United States government should impose sanctions against the Crown Prince, as it has done for the other perpetrators – targeting his personal assets but...

UN special rapporteurs say they repeatedly raise concerns on use of excessive, lethal force in US police interventions.

The failure of governments to properly control pollution, and the failure of businesses to respect the environment, has resulted in a looming catastrophe for...

"It is vital for the international community to intensify its engagement with parties to the conflict and other states, to combat impunity and support...

Systemic injustice has intensified and political repression targeting dissidents, human rights defenders, clerics and independent civil society have...

British officials authorised the export of almost £1.4bn of weapons to Saudi Arabia in the quarter after the UK resumed sales of weapons that could be used...

My colleagues who work in the area of race and economics have argued that Canada has a racialized hierarchical structure in the labor force. This is not new....

The violent siege on the U.S. Capitol earlier this month provided the clearest evidence yet that far-right extremism is deeply entrenched across the country.

We can see the effects of climate change impacting on many rights such as the right to an adequate standard of living and the right to health, rights of...

UN member countries rightly criticized Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers and questioned why incarceration rates of First Nations peoples remain so high.

Climate change has a tremendous impact on agriculture and food production. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has reported that agricultural land...

Israel’s COVID-19 vaccine programme highlights the institutionalized discrimination that defines the Israeli government’s policy towards Palestinians.

The UAE’s human rights record has been sharply deteriorating in 2020. For any real improvements to be made in 2021 the UAE must seek to address its...

CBSA remains Canada’s only enforcement agency with no independent civilian oversight to review policies or investigate misconduct.