The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has urged Israeli authorities to abandon proposed ...

The executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu, has described food security and nutrition as fundamental human rights, ...

The observations, contained in a report dated October 16 and made public on December 15, came from five UN special ...

On International Human Rights Day, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, emphasised the need to "reclaim" these fundamental values, which he says have been undermined in Europe. The ...

Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard ...

To mark World Refugee Day, members of the Alliance for Human Rights in Afghanistan stand together to honour Afghan refugees around the globe. We honour their strength and courage as they have been ...

(Paris) – The Olympic and Paralympic Games in France should usher in reforms to ensure tolerance, nondiscrimination, and the defense of fundamental human rights, Human Rights Watch said today in a new ...

A coalition of human rights organizations urged the international community on Friday to safeguard abortion care providers. A report, released on International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, ...

Brett Schaefer is the Jay Kingham senior research fellow in international regulatory affairs with The Heritage Foundation’s Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. Read his research. The Universal ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. As we mark Human Rights Day with a hopeful look towards ...

It is indeed a great honour and privilege to be invited to review the book written by my learned colleague and an outstanding leading legal practitioner, Chief Ogwu J. Onoja, SAN. The book titled ...