On UN Human Rights Day, 10 December, thousands of Ukrainian children kidnapped and deported by Russia, whose parents are desperately searching for a way to get them home should not be forgotten by the...
According to him, there is no other way to the EU than changes in the Constitution
VMRO-DPMNE instills Bulgarian, Europhobic and Albanian phobia and thereby scares the citizens of North Macedonia, said the Minister of...
Membership of the Belarusian Red Cross in the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has been suspended since December 1, the organization's press service reported.
This decision is due to the fact...
A 41-year-old Russian woman was arrested in Moscow's Red Square while filming an Instagram video of herself eating a "huge" red caviar sandwich.
Gulina Nauman and her friend filmed a video for Instagram, in which...
By Hasanboy Burhanov - Founder of the political opposition movement Free Uzbekistan
Manipulating the mass consciousness of Muslims
Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who considers himself "a great defender of Palestinians and Islam in the international arena,"...
Learn about the harrowing experience of Victoria Petrova, a defendant in a Russian military "fakes" case, who was subjected to humiliation and torture in a psychiatric hospital in St. Petersburg. #HumanRights #Russia
A commitment to rescue the original meaning of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) emerged at the United Nations (UN) headquarters endorsed by more than 200 political and civic leaders from 40 countries...
Intimate Scene Co-ordinator Ita O'Brien will direct the adaptation of William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, which will be performed on the Gran Teatre del Liceu stage from 28 October
The Barcelona Opera House has hired...
Addressing the Summit on Artificial Intelligence Safety convened by the United Kingdom, at the famous Bletchley Park estate – where Allied code breakers made a huge contribution to the war effort cracking Nazi...
In a recent interview conducted with UN News, she emphasised the significance of her report and its purpose, holding to account one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.“It is...
She travelled across the US between 31 October and 14 November, from Detroit in Michigan to the Louisiana coast, also visiting Los Angeles, Atlanta and Washington DC.Ashwini K.P., UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary...
Volker Türk highlighted the dichotomy at the border crossing, describing it as a “lifeline” for the 2.3 million residents of Gaza over the past month, although “unjustly, outrageously thin.”But it is also “the...
For 75 years now, Israel has been trying to reconcile its policies with those of its regional environment. In recent weeks, this far from easy task seems to have turned into an almost impossible...
They issued a statement expressing shock over the death of Armita Geravand, the teenager who collapsed in the subway in Iran’s capital, Tehran, earlier this month, allegedly following an altercation about failing to...
It opened for signatures in 1996 and has been ratified by 178 countries. Some major powers including the US and China have not done so, and it has yet to come into force,...
Clashes intensified on Sunday and continued through the week, significantly impacting northeast and southeast Myanmar and forcing over 48,000 people from their homes, amid rising needs, according to the UN Office for Coordination...
The stark report comes against the backdrop of a sharp uptick in fighting between the Government’s Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and RSF and heightened intercommunal tensions in the restive region.The rival militaries plunged...
Bientot un mois que le Hamas a mene son attaque dans le sud d'lsrael et fait pres de 1400 morts. Depuis, la riposte israelienne s'est transformee en bombardement sans fin d'un territoire deja exsangue...
Paulo Pinheiro spoke to UN News this week after presenting his latest report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee, which examines a range of social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues.The Syrian...
OHCHR is urging the authorities to halt deportations, which are set to begin on 1 November, Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva.Currently, more than two million undocumented Afghans are living in Pakistan,...
UN Day on 24 October marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter – the day the Organization officially came into being. ‘We grieve, and we remember’The...
Addressing the UN-backed body meeting in Rome on Monday, António Guterres underscored that the session was taking place “at a moment of crisis for global food security" and provided some sobering statistics.
"Last year, 735...
But, what exactly are the rules of war and what happens when they are broken?To find out more about international humanitarian law, known by its acronym IHL, UN News spoke with Eric Mongelard...