New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News/IBNS): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, saying he was struck by the “enormity of the task” over the next d ...

New York, Dec 5 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Voicing concerns over deteriorating restrictions on freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Venezuela, United Nations human rights experts ...

New Delhi, Dec 3 (JEN): Eleven Indian faith and spiritual leaders signed a joint declaration to end modern slavery within a generation at the Global Freedom Network gathering in Delhi on Thu ...

Bhopal, Dec 3 (JEN) Hundreds of survivors of the 2-3 December 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal and their supporters from different parts of the country and the world marched in a rally ...

New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): With more than 60 million people driven from their homes and millions more crossing borders to seek a better life, the risk of mounting human traffick ...

New York, Dec 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Boys and girls in war-weary Iraq are suffering from grave violations with “dramatic consequences,” according to the latest report from United Nati ...

Vandana Gopikumar and her organization, ‘The Banyan’, help those dealing with homelessness, mental illness and poverty. SPAN magazine writer Michael Gallant meets Gopikumar to discuss he ...

Mumbai, Dec 2 (JEN): Bollywood actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar will be the ‘Sutradhar’ (narrator) of a television series to address regressive practices such as sex selection, early marri ...

New York, Dec 2 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday announced the appointment of Kate Gilmore of Australia, a veteran United Nations, Government and non-governme ...