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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged Pope Francis to encourage world leaders, especially Christian governments, to stop Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon and help establish a ceasefire.

"They Wanted A Woman": French Women On Rapes By US Soldiers During WW II

In October 1944, after the battle for Normandy was won, US military authorities put 152 soldiers on trial for raping French women.

Harvey Weinstein’s quashed rape conviction sends disturbing message to women survivors of sexual violence: UN experts

UN experts expressed concern about the impact on women survivors of sexual violence of a court decision overturning the 2020 rape conviction of Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein.

Impunity for attacks on medical facilities and health workers must end, says UN expert

A 2016 UN Security Council resolution strongly condemning attacks against medical facilities and personnel in conflict situations has largely been ignored, says Tlaleng Mofokeng, the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, and urgent action is nee...

Gharibabadi: the United States does not allow university students and professors to express ideas

Referring to the protests of university students and professors in the U.S., the Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights said: If there is freedom of expression in the U.S., why did they not allow university students and professors to ...

Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals

Human rights experts say attack was violation of international law, and that US supplying of weapon defies 1997 Leahy law.

Reaction of the Secretary General of the HCHR to the Aggressive Behavior against Women and Girls in the U.S.

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights of reacted to the American human rights and aggressive dealings with protesting women and girls in the U.S.

Germany Falling Short in Curbing Anti-Muslim Racism: HRW

The German government is falling short in protecting Muslims and people perceived to be Muslims from racism amid rising incidents of hate and discrimination, Human Rights Watch said today. The absence of a working definition of anti-Muslim racism and...

US: Digital Metering System Exposes Migrants to Harm

The administrations of US President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are forcing thousands of people seeking asylum in the US to wait for months in Mexico, exposing them to danger, Human Rights Watch said in a report releas...

Gharibabadi: Pursuing the violation of the rights of Iran and Iranians is on the agenda of the High Council for Human Rights/ Canada and Sweden are tw...

The unveiling ceremony of the books on “Human Rights Violations in Canada and Sweden”, was held in the High Council for Human Rights on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, with the presence of the Vice President of the Judiciary for International Af...

Gharibabadi's Criticism of the Dual Policy of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights regarding the Events in Iran and the US

The Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights said: During the last few days, at the height of the repression in the U.S., the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has issued three statements against Iran, but so far no posit...