New York, May 6 (JEN): The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) launched on Tuesday a website dedicated to the issue of albinism aimed at debunking the myt ...

New York, May 1 (JEN): The outgoing United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia on Thursday noted that the country has come a long way over the past six ye ...

New Delhi, Apr 25 (JEN) Greenpeace India on Saturday said the Indian government’s steps to 'clampdown on dissenting voices' will undermine India’s standing in the global community of dem ...

New Delhi, Apr 24 (JEN) The Upper house of the Parliament on Friday unanimously passed a Private Member's Bill moved by Rajya Sabha MP Trichy Siva to protect the rights of the transgenders.

New York, Apr 24 (JEN) On the heels of a two-day United Nations High-Level meeting on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation, Fostering Peaceful, Inclusive Societies and Countering Violent ...

New York, Apr 24 (JEN) The most senior United Nations officials dealing respectively with refugees, human rights, and migration and development, have appealed strongly to European leaders t ...

New York, Apr 18 (JEN): The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that it is increasingly worried that the dire situation in parts of the east of Ukraine is likely to deteriorate ...

New Delhi, Apr 16 (JEN): Raising a doubt on the freedom of speech and expression in one of the top league colleges in Delhi, a student of the prestigious St Stephen's college has gone to cou ...

New York, Apr 15 (JEN): The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday urged Kenyan authorities to reconsider their decision to shut down within the next three months Dadaab refugee camps, a d ...