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UN News Centre - Human Rights
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A world of news from the world organization.
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UN rights experts call for stronger protection of victims of caste-based discrimination
More than 260 million people across the world are still victims of human rights abuses due to caste-based discrimination, United Nations independent experts warned today, urging South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to protect them.
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UN official encourages Kyrgyzstan to tackle causes of 2010 inter-communal violence
A senior United Nations official has encouraged Kyrgyzstan's efforts to address the causes of the inter-communal violence that erupted in 2010, while stressing that they must be fully in line with human rights standards.
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UN official highlights positive trends in Africa to protect indigenous people's rights
A United Nations official today stressed that Africa has taken positive steps to protect the rights of indigenous people, adding that the continent must continue making progress and avoid repeating mistakes made by other regions.
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Political participation by indigenous peoples in Latin America still low - UN report
Indigenous peoples in Latin America have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past 20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is still low, the United Nations said in a new report released today.
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Papua New Guinea's plans to resume death penalty ‘major setback' - UN
The United Nations human rights office today expressed serious concern over Papua New Guinea's announcement that it will resume the death penalty more than half a century since it last carried out an execution, stressing this would represent "a major setback" for the country.
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Nigerian rebels could face war crimes charges for ‘population cleansing' - UN rights office
Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the top United Nations human rights official said today.
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Countries must repeal laws that discriminate against LGBT individuals - UN officials
Marking the International Day Against Homophobia, United Nations officials today issued a call on Governments worldwide to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and strike laws that discriminate against them.
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UN human rights chief welcomes signing of Bangladesh work safety accord by major companies
The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the decision of dozens of international companies to sign on to an fire-and-safety agreement in the aftermath of the deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh, while calling for additional actions to overhaul the entire garment sector.
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Justice in Guatemala vital for preventing recurrence of heinous crimes, say UN experts
Establishing truth and justice in Guatemala is essential to ensuring that heinous crimes such as arbitrary executions, rape and forced displacement - committed during the country's civil war - do not take place again and to ending impunity, a group of independent United Nations experts said today.
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UN human rights chief urges Syrian rebels to end abuses after gruesome video hits Internet
The mutilation of a Syrian soldier purportedly shown in an internet video is a "truly atrocious act" which should be investigated as a potential war crime, the United Nations human rights chief said today, urging the armed opposition to stop such gross crimes.
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