UN Experts Urge India to Revise New Anti-Trafficking Bill
India must revise planned new legislation to tackle trafficking in persons to ensure the measures it proposes are in line…
UN Office Stands by Its Report on Human Rights Violations in Kashmir
The UN Human Rights Office has deplored Indian government’s reaction to the first-ever UN human rights report on Kashmir that…
NHRC Dismisses Petition on Human Rights in Kashmir
The government-controlled National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has dismissed a petition that urged the Commission to constitute an…
UN Appoints New Military Observer for India and Pakistan
The UN has demanded an unconditional access to Kashmir to record the extent of human rights violations in the troubled…
Condemned: Death Penalty Against Juvenile Offenders in Iran
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday condemned the continued implementation of the death penalty…
UN Experts Urge India to Release Human Rights Defender Saibaba
UN rights experts* urged India on Thursday to release human rights defender Dr. G.N. Saibaba, a wheelchair user with severe…