Led by Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders Mary Lawlor, five United Nations experts have issued a damning critique of Greece’s latest attempt to criminalize human rights defenders working to ...

More than 90,000 Congolese fled across the border after M23 stormed in and took control of Uvira nearly 3 months ago.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday decried the 'lenient' sentencing of military officers involved in the 2020 Ngarbuh massacre in Cameroon, in which 21 civilians were killed. On February 14, 2020, ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is renewing its call for urgent funding to scale up lifesaving aid in Burundi, warning that the ...

Human Rights Watch, along with 17 rights organizations, on Monday published an open letter to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), urging it to renew and strengthen respective mandates for the Special ...

The Council imposed restrictive measures on eight additional individuals responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses in Russia and for the repression of civil society and democratic ...

Congolese lawyer Moise Nyarugabo has criticized regional and international mediators for their silence over renewed large-scale attacks against civilians in South Kivu province, despite a ceasefire ...

Human rights are under assault worldwide, the United Nations chief warned on Monday, citing widespread abuses of ...

Analysis - Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, South Africa's foreign policy has been under sustained international scrutiny.

If you become honest and express high levels of integrity, the chances are that you will become unpopular, struggle, and at ...

Political authority is never self-justifying. It derives legitimacy not from intention, but from accountable action ...

In the first year of Trump’s second term as president, it’s become clear that, for those seeking, or even granted, asylum, ...