UN Human Rights Chief to Take Action on Racist Violence
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, will lead efforts to address systemic racism against people of African…
UN Resolution to Stop Police Brutality in the United States
“You watched my brother die. That could have been me,” said Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, the African American…
New U.S. Law to Protect Muslims in China. India Warned to Protect Muslims
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) commends the passage of the Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act (S.3744)…
Governments Must Not Use COVID-19 for Arbitrary Detention: UN Experts
A group of independent UN experts recalled today (May 8) that “the prohibition of arbitrary detention is absolute even during…
Challenges to Human Rights in Europe Increasing Amid COVID Crisis
The Council of Europe (COE) Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, has published her annual activity report covering 2019. The…
Ghada Fathi Waly to Head UN Crime Prevention and Anti-Corruption Office
Ghada Fathi Waly is the Director-General / Executive Director of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV) / United Nations…