The vast majority of World Health Organization (WHO) member States say 40 to 90 per cent of their populations now use ...

Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights – especially ...

As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other ...

To commemorate this year’s Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, invited members of the public to write in ...

In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on ...

As other governments contemplate similar moves, the UN Children’s Fund ( UNICEF) cautions that age-related restrictions alone ...

Global temperatures rises are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the ...

Despite major gains in access to schooling since 1960, widening inequalities driven by the climate crisis, conflicts and ...

In Afghanistan, where sweeping restrictions have pushed most women out of public life, thousands are refusing to give up on ...

Intensifying fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 70 civilian lives, displaced over 200,000 people and cut thousands off from food assistance, prompting UN ...

UN human rights chief Volker Türk has voiced concern over reports that “draconian security laws” in the Hong Kong Special ...

The UN refugee agency’s (UNHCR) prestigious Nansen Award is shining a light on the people proving that compassion and ...