Human Rights Day – 2018
Seventy years ago, upon the ashes of countries devastated by war, the Holocaust and economic depression, world leaders devised a plan. The Universal Declaration of...
North Korea Murder, Torture, and Crimes Against Humanity
>>Joe: “At the end of the Second World War so many people said ‘if only we had known… if only we had known the wrongs...
A History of LGBT rights at the UN
10th December 1948 and the UN General Assembly adopts the ‘Universal Declaration of Human Rights’. It states that: “All human beings are born free and...
UNGA Elects 15 Members of Human Rights Council
The following 15 states have been thus elected as members of the Human Rights Council for three years. Term of office beginning on 1st January...
On Human Rights Day, UN salutes courage of people who stand up, speak out
Human rights are the foundation of freedom, peace, development and justice, and the heart of the work of the United Nations around the world. Laws...
Will Humanity Be Extinct In 100 Years?
We are currently living through a historical period known as the Anthropocene. Beginning with industrialisation, this era has seen a rise in pollution and uncontrolled...
The Riddle: new anti-homophobia message from UN human rights office
What exists in every corner of the world – embraced and celebrated in some countries but is illegal in 76? What is hidden for fear...
West Wing Week 09/28/12 or “A Common Heartbeat to Humanity”
Narrator: Welcome to the West Wing Week; your guide to everything that’s happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. This week, the First Lady spoke at the...
‘Be the Leader you are looking for.’ Stand up for Human Rights.
In the darkest of times brave men and women stood up. When oppressed – they rose. Together they fought for greater justice respect and compassion...
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: An Introduction
businesses impact human rights wherever and however they operate these impacts can be positive or they can be negative these days, companies are global —...