Social media algorithms must be adjusted to prevent misinformation from spreading, the chief executive of Ofcom has warned, responding to the rioting that broke out after the killing of three girls in Southport this summer.

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said today the darkest moment of the Gaza conflict is unfolding in the north of the Strip, where the Israeli military is effectively subjecting an entire population to bombing, siege and risk of starvation, as well as being forced to choose between mass displacement...

Iran’s permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva has denounced the “unacceptable” systematic campaign against the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories.

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has written a letter to the UN Security Council in which he calls on the UN body to condemn the Zionist targeting of two Iranian nationals in Lebanon.

'The fundamental principles of international humanitarian law concerning the protection of civilians must be respected,' says Volker Turk.

The UN Human Rights Office is increasingly concerned that the manner in which the Israeli military is conducting hostilities in north Gaza, along with unlawful interference with humanitarian assistance and orders that are leading to forced displacement, may be causing the destruction of the Palestin...

Last week, Australia’s new government in Northern Territory passed legislation lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 12 to 10 years.

Health institutions and policymakers need to “wake up” to the danger posed by scientific racism and attempts to normalise an ideology that poses a significant threat to minority communities, thinktanks have warned.

Government data released this summer showed there were a record 9,400 permanent exclusions in 2022-23, up 45% from 6,500 in 2021-22.

The Iranian Embassy in Lebanon has announced that an Iranian woman named Masoumeh Karbasi and her husband were martyred in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Jounieh, north of Beirut.