The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

A key challenge facing human rights globally today is the advent of emerging technologies that mutate rapidly and potentially beyond human control. The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva has thus singled out for special study during the next couple of years four areas of concern: autonomous weaponry, neurotechnology, cyberbullying,…

Queiroz returned for his second spell as head coach of Iran in September, amid mounting pressure on FIFA to expel the country from the World Cup due to its human rights abuses

Australia 'regrets' the suspension of a 12-day tour of detention facilities by a delegation of prison inspectors, it tells the UN.

Ali bin Samikh al-Marri says Qatar accepts constructive criticism but he decries use of stats ‘[that] lack accuracy’.

Human rights council makes more than 300 recommendations with many coming from less well-off countries

The African Union adopted an agreement more than 13 years ago to prevent the arbitrary displacement of people and to uphold the dignity of such victims.

Investigation by UN human rights office reveals abuses by both warring sides in nearly nine-month-long conflict.

The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva created the three-person commission last year to investigate activities in Gaza. 

Human rights campaigner criticised the now PM for her anti-migrant stance