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Canberra, Dec 8 (JEN): It's a 'gay' time in Australia! With MP's voting overwhelmingly in favour of same-sex marriages, the country's LGBTQ population finally revelled in their new found freedom, donning rainbow clothes. more

Security Council condemns reported slave trade of migrants in Libya

New York, Dec 8(Just Earth News): The United Nations Security Council on Thursday condemned the slave trade of African migrants in Libya as “heinous human rights abuses which may al ...

Calling for probe into crimes against Rohingya, UN rights chief says genocide ‘cannot be ruled out’

New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday called for an international criminal probe into the perpetrators of the widespread and brutal atta ...

Iraq: Ambiguity over legal age of marriage could devastate childhoods, warn UN officials

New York, Dec 5(Just Earth News): Voicing concern over proposed amendments to laws governing marriage in Iraq – in particular the ambiguity over the legal age of marriage – se ...

Libya’s slave trade scars African migrants for life

Agadez, Niger – Ibrahim Sorry’s dream was to live in Europe. When he survived the dangerous three-day journey from Niger through the Sahara, the 27-year-old man fr ...

Global human rights network condemns murder of South African rights defender Sibonelo Patrick Mpeku

New York, Dec 05 (JEN) ESCR-Net or the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the largest global network of organizations devoted to achieving economic, social an ...

Remove physical and cultural barriers; build inclusive societies 'for, by and with persons with disabilities' – UN

New York, Dec 4(Just Earth News): Persons with disabilities, as both beneficiaries and agents of change, can fast track the process towards inclusive and sustainable development, and for ...

Global blueprints on refugees, safe migration should include protections for children – UNICEF

New York, Nov 30(Just Earth News): The rights, protection and wellbeing of uprooted children should be central commitments of global migration policies, the United Nations Children's ...

How a former Kiwi lawmaker became a Japanese LGBTQ icon

Tokyo/Wellington, Nov 30 (JEN): Maurice Williamson is a former New Zealand Member of Parliament who gave a heartwarming speech about same sex marriage in 2013, but that is not why he' ...

UNESCO chief calls for investigation into killing of Nigerian photographer

New York, Nov 28(Just Earth News): The head of the United Nations agency defending press freedom on Tuesday denounced the killing of a Nigerian photographer, calling for an investigation ...