MEDIA AND HUMAN RIGHTS "We will not enjoy security without development, we will not enjoy development without security, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights." -UN…
Article 1: We are all born free and equal The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is – obviously – a document about human rights. So why is dignity…
“The world was full of hope,” said Paulo David, Head of UN Human Rights’ Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Section, during a virtual roundtable discussion on the adoption of the UN Declaration…
“Protecting Minority Rights: A Practical Guide to Developing Comprehensive Anti-Discrimination Legislation ” is the definitive guidance by the United Nations on the laws which states must enact in order to meet…
Mahnaz Parakand is a lawyer and activist from Iran. A long standing defender of women’s rights, she was arrested and sentenced to death for participating in political demonstrations in 1981…
The UN's top official on fundamental guarantees calls the use of administrative and criminal proceedings against individuals involved in investigations "particularly worrying" The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights…
The main challenges associated with the effects of the Company’s activities in terms of respect for human rights have been identified using the methodology set out in the United Nations…
Council Continues General Debate on Follow-Up to and Implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, this afternoon told the…