PENANG, Malaysia – A fact-finding mission (FFM) into the widely reported mass pesticide poisoning at a rural Philippine high school has identified major systemic failures that allowed the tragedy to ...

Three dominant narratives contend for the future of Gaza and occupied Palestine, yet only one is being translated into consequential action: the Israeli narrative of domination and genocide. This ...

In his first interview since assuming the post in August, Chaloka Beyani reflected on the origins of his mandate, created by the UN Security Council in the wake of the genocides in Rwanda and ...

The Committee was deeply concerned that the bilateral agreement “explicitly prevents the return of the Chagossian people to their ancestral lands in Diego Garcia Island,” even though it permits ...

Since 2006, the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has allocated nearly $10 billion in more than 110 countries through rapid and strategic financing that often arrives before other sources of ...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on the authorities to take action to address the root causes of the violations. He stressed that accountability, justice, peace and ...

Many women still face opposition at home. For restaurant owner Shaista Hakimi, a mother of three, this has been painful and personal. Since her husband died two years ago, her father-in-law has pushed ...

Human Rights Day is observed annually on 10 December. On that date in 1948, the declaration was signed, laying out for the first time in 30 sections – or articles – a framework on fundamental human ...

Between 25 November and 1 December, four Palestinians, including one child, were killed by Israeli forces, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed in the West Bank so far this year to 227.

Ohaupo Road, Melville is closed near Mount View Road following a crash. The crash, involving a vehicle and a pedestrian, was reported just after 6pm. One person has reportedly sustained serious ...

The emergency erupted in April 2023 when a transition to civilian rule broke down and today the Sudanese Armed Forces continues to clash with paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Recently, the RSF ...

Sabah, her husband Ahmad, and their seven children spent weeks sleeping in the open after losing their home. “We fled from Shuja’iya to Rimal, then to the south – Rafah, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat – and ...