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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...

The Trump administration argues that its partnership with Saudi Arabia helps reduce civilian killings in Yemen. But State Department investigators and other...

There has always been a tension between the pursuit of economic objectives and that of environmental objectives.The scientists have clearly identified action...

Unlawful “annexation” plan promotes ‘law of the jungle’ and must be stopped. Annexation is the claim to acquire territory by force and is a flagrant...

"I doubt that governments are taking the human rights impacts of climate change as seriously as they should. In terms of investment, I think much financial...

U.S. News and World Report ranks Canada’s public health-care system as the most well-developed in the world. And yet, Indigenous communities are still not...

Saudi Arabia’s ‘reform drive’ cannot be considered credible as long as peaceful activists are still being targeted for their work.

"Clearly Israel and its supporters in the United States are trying to conflate BDS with anti-Semitism, but I believe this unfounded slander is already in the...

More than 300 non-governmental organizations refer to the outbreak of the Coronavirus in Iran and the death of citizens as well as a number of doctors,...

Nowruz marks the first day of spring and is celebrated on the day of the astronomical vernal equinox, which usually occurs on 21 March. It is celebrated as...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that criminals are taking advantage of the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

After lengthy delays, the United Nations finally published a database of businesses that have been profiting from Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the...

“The prosecutor sentenced five hitmen to death but did not touch those who were behind the five,”

Palestinian property rights, Palestinian housing rights and Palestinian community rights are insecure, they’re under threat and they amount, as the UN has...

"We need to uphold the equal rights, voices and influence of girls in our families, communities and nations. Girls can be powerful agents of change, and...

Conflict over Kashmir started after the partition of India in 1947 when Maharaja Hari Singh, the governor of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,...

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...