United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights Elisa Morgera on Monday presented a new report to the General Assembly calling for the criminalization of spreading disinformation regarding the ...

The Paris Principles require NHRIs to have as wide a role as possible, with two main responsibilities: human rights promotion ...

THE INTER-AMERICAN Court of Human Rights has issued a landmark advisory opinion on linking governments’ human rights obligations to their responsibility to address the threat of climate change.

Mr Fagbemi added that the theme centred on a collective issue among Africans that was not "merely about confronting our past". He said, "it is about shaping our future."Mr Ojukwu, in his acceptance ...

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries Friday highlighted the critical importance of technical co-operation and ...

In a landmark advisory opinion, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled that governments have a legal obligation to ...

In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, ...

The UN says over 500 people have been killed near aid distribution points in Gaza since late May, most of them at US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) sites. The agency has called ...

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has given the green light for the deportation of several immigrants, including two Cubans, to South Sudan, a nation ravaged by ...

Today the UN Human Rights Council firmly rejected Eritrea’s attempt to end scrutiny of its human rights situation. Council ...

Volker Turk urges states to act on court's opinion affirming right to stable climate, duty to protect future generations - ...