"There is no justification for violence that indiscriminately targets innocent civilians, whether by Hamas or Israeli forces. This is absolutely prohibited under international law and amounts to a war crime,” the experts said.
Globally, around 736 million women an girls are subjected to physical or sexual violence by an intimate partner or sexual violence from a non-partner – a number that has remained largely unchanged over the past decade. According to the World Health Organization, intimate partner violence is the most common form suffered by...
Many civilians in Ukrainian areas occupied by Russia face torture, ill-treatment, sexual violence and arbitrary detention. Hundreds remain imprisoned, with their families unaware of their fate....
“Twenty-four years ago, my parents took me and my brother and sister and moved from Afghanistan, fleeing war and persecution. This country became our new home.”...
A new report by UN International experts advancing racial justice and equality in policing, published after an official visit to the country, shows that Black people in the US are three times more likely to be killed by police than if they were White, and 4.5 times more likely to be incarcerated....
"Russian soldiers raped and committed sexual violence against women of ages ranging from 19 to 83 years”, says Erik Møse, chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine told the UN Human Rights Council....
"The fact that so many people cannot benefit from affordable, quality, essential health services not only puts their own health at risk, it also puts the stability of communities, societies and economies at risk,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “We urgently need stronger political will, more...
The experts sounded the alarm on the lack of information provided by Chinese authorities - deeming it a deliberate attempt to “make the world forget” about the individuals who are spending year after year in isolation.
