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The United Nations' (UN) International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated on September 16 every year. This event commemorates the date...

It’s time for the international community to wake up to the nightmare the Rohingya are living through. The preliminary evidence points to these attacks being...

Adel, who is a 25-year-old patient with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), says, “During the sanctions period, we had problems even for buying a Mepilex wound...

Muslim men and women are being held back in the workplace by widespread Islamophobia, racism and discrimination, according to a study which finds that Muslim...

“The country is on the brink of famine, with over 60 percent of the population not knowing where their next meal will come from,” the leaders of the U.N....

Israel has been regularly supplying Syrian rebels near its border with cash as well as food, fuel and medical supplies for years, a secret engagement in the...

The United Nations Human Rights Council should create an independent, international inquiry into abuses committed by all parties to the conflict in Yemen,...

In his latest report regarding the situation of South Sudanese refugees, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees stated that figures show that the civil war in...

The conflict is not getting anything like the media attention it deserves.

Donald Trump’s election as US president after a campaign fomenting hatred and intolerance, and the rising influence of political parties in Europe that...

Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission once again condemns the brutal killings of civilians in the Mirza Olang region of Sar-i-Pul province and...

Aid workers and human rights groups are critical of how the Rohingya crisis has been handled by senior UN officials.

The global village today has gradually removed national, geographical and continental borders and the advancing technology has given the present world an...

Human trafficking is a crime that exploits women, children and men for numerous purposes including forced labour and sex. Human trafficking involves...

122 countries at the UN voted last July in a favor of a treaty that bans nuclear bombs, a move that a specialist in nuclear security believes would not work.

In today’s global conditions where international positions are directed to where nations take their destiny in their own hands, governments with autocratic...

A pervasive perception in US policy circles and among US allies is that Iran seeks hegemony in the Middle East. Israel and other regional states often claim...

Torture seeks to annihilate the victim’s personality and denies the inherent dignity of the human being. The United Nations has condemned torture from the...

It is not difficult to nonviolently defend a targeted population against genocide. Vitally, however, it requires a leadership that can develop a sound...

Before its third UPR review, the United Kingdom (UK) sought to change its position from support to note on a number of 2nd cycle recommendations.