Israel’s war in Gaza has created 37m tonnes of debris, much of it laced with unexploded bombs, which could take more than a decade to remove, a top UN demining official said.

Human rights advocates see the Biden administration’s expansion of detention-reliant immigration enforcement as a betrayal, guided by political headwinds rather than operational necessities.

At least 25 civil society groups in the US wrote a statement calling on the US government to block unconditioned military assistance to Israel on Friday.

According to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, systemic racism and health care disparities cause First Nations patients in Alberta to disproportionately leave emergency departments without being seen, or against medical advice.

The Vice President of the Judiciary for International Affairs and the Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights stated: “The arrest of hundreds of American students and professors protesting the crimes of Israel shows that the United States is complicit in the Zionist genocide. ...

In April 2024, Change.org published an online public petition aimed at promoting gender equality in the Netherlands.

There is a push in many states not to protect these kids but to relax child labor laws.

It is a dark day in the United Kingdom as the Safety of Rwanda Bill will soon become law after passing its final stages in parliament yesterday. This will have a devastating impact on human rights and the rule of law, risking the lives of people who came to the UK seeking safety and setting a danger...

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today decried a series of Israeli strikes on Rafah in the past few days that killed mostly children and women, repeating his warning against a full-scale incursion on an area where 1.2 million civilians have been forcibly cornered.

“The adoption of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill by the UK Parliament raises major issues about the human rights of asylum seekers and the rule of law more generally”, said Michael O’Flaherty, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. “The United...