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On 20 June 2023 a number of UN special rapporteurs released a statement calling on the United Kingdom to take immediate action to suspend the application of...

The Salam for Democracy and Human Rights NGO on 17 June 2023 in a released report entitled “Saasa Bin Sohan Mosque in Bahrain is deliberately being destroyed...

Governmental corruption in Bahrain is left unchecked, and lack of political will is one of the important problem in boosting effective prevention of...

“It is a big problem,” “In Yemen, the child is only a child until 12, and then he becomes a man. The society thinks very highly of children who carry arms.”

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

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

Their enforced disappearance, torture and wrongful conviction for “plotting a coup against the government” in a trial marred by egregious violations of due...

A 7/7 survivor has told how she remembers the attack ‘as if it was yesterday’ as she spoke on the 16th anniversary of the London bombings which almost...

In April 2017, on the pretext of a chemical attack in Khan Sheykhoon, on the orders of US president Donald Trump, the US military launched 59 Tomahawk...

The United States has a large degree of economic inequality. Twenty percent of low-income families get only 3.8 percent of the country’s income and one fifth...

After the passage of almost 20 days, on Saturday 19 October, in a statement, the Saudi prosecutor general confirmed the death of journalist critic Jamal...

On 14 July the Human Rights Council held its 53rd ordinary Session and ended following the adoption of 30 resolutions and holding an emergency session.

The necessity for readiness and physical maturity and mental development of individuals for starting a mutual life and marriage is to an extent that many...

The term “unilateral coercive measures” usually refers to economic measures taken by one State to compel a change in the policy of another State.

In addition to violation of international law, UCMs were also designed to deprive people from all human rights including the right to life and the right to...

Highlighting the deep-rooted problems and grievances within the international system and in order to ensure multilateralism, mutual respect and the peaceful...

Unilatera coercive measures may result in social problems and raise humanitarian concerns in the States targeted.

In addition to violation of international law, UCMs were also designed to deprive people from all human rights including the right to life and the right to...

The international community has authorised the United Nations to adopt coercive economic measures in special circumstances where there is a threat against...

The ODVV regularly reviews the Human Rights Council and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights programmes and adoptions. The following content is...