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Live: Human Rights Day around the world
Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, will focus on the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now. UN…
World News in Brief: Haiti gang massacre, Taliban crackdown continues, Ukraine’s civilian death toll rises
According to local reports, the elderly victims were massacred under the orders of a gang leader in the area who…
Human toll of senseless conflict ‘is incalculable’, says Türk
As the world prepares to mark Human Rights Day 2024, Mr. Türk reflected on “a time when human rights are…
Human Rights Day: 5 key things to know
The theme for Human Rights Day 2024, “Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now”, highlights the continued relevance of human rights in addressing…
Syrians now have ‘historic opportunity’ to build a peaceful future, says Guterres
As reports continued to emerge from the Syrian capital, Damascus, where opposition forces declared victory overnight on State television, the…
First Person: Tears of joy as Argentinian city children encounter nature for first time
Ana Di Pangracio works for the civil society organization Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales or FARN which is involved in…
Report exposes systematic torture in Syrian detention facilities
Titled ‘The Syrian Government Detention System as a Tool of Violent Repression,’ the report from the UN International, Impartial and…
World News in Brief: Human rights in Ukraine, multilateralism gets airborne, enforced disappearances in Colombia
Addressing the conference in Kyiv on reclaiming human rights and preserving dignity, High Commissioner Volker Türk once again voiced his…
‘War on drugs has failed, completely and utterly’: UN human rights chief
Speaking at the ‘Dealing with Drugs II’ conference in Warsaw on Thursday, High Commissioner Volker Türk highlighted the urgent need…