UN Human Rights Case Allows Climate Change Asylum Claims
In its first ruling on a complaint by an individual seeking asylum from the effects of climate change, the UN…
UN Human Rights Office Comments on Supreme Court Order on Kashmir
The court judgment said that an order passed under Section 144 which restricts the assembly of people should state the…
Netherlands Court Orders to Protect Human Rights from Climate Change
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday (December 20) applauded a landmark decision by the Supreme Court…
Indian Citizenship Law is Against Muslims: UN Human Rights Office
“We are concerned that India’s new Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA 2019 is fundamentally discriminatory in nature,” Jeremy Laurence, a…
Can the Toothless NHRC Protect Human Rights in India?
While human rights violations are being committed blatantly throughout India, strangely the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India celebrated…
Human Rights Violations Reported Against Protesters in Iran
Human Rights Violations Reported Against Protesters in Iran The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed…