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Despite being a signatory state to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the constitutional guarantee of the right to equality and non-discrimination, various discriminatory legal provisions against Madhesi, sexual and minority communities, and orphans have deprived these groups of their citizenship rights.

In an opinion dated Monday, 7 August 2023, a former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, has claimed that a genocide is unfolding in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan (‘the Moreno Ocampo Opinion’ or ‘the Opinion’) - writes Rodney Dixon KC of Temple Garden Chambers, London and The Hague. This […]

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly with the government of Turkmenistan held a working meeting to discuss the preparation of the state delegation for the Dialogue with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

Formal recognition of the Taliban is not the answer.

Indonesia's Law and Human Rights Ministry has said that the allegations of sexual harassment at the 2023 Miss Universe Indonesia beauty pageant, if ...

The US, Russia, and other world powers have avenues both to halt the current situation and to pursue justice and accountability.

Bangladesh police use torture to extort illegal payments from refugees (BANGKOK, August 10, 2023)–The Government of Bangladesh should investigate and hold accountable police officials responsible for extortion and violence against Rohingya refugees, ...

YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS. Luis Moreno Ocampo, a leading specialist in international law, former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and lecturer at Harvard and Yale has issued an expert opinion in response to the Nagorno-Karabakh president’s request and concluded that the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh in fact constitutes genocide.

YEREVAN, AUGUST 9, ARMENPRESS. Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) President Arayik Harutyunyan has held a call-meeting with Luis Moreno Ocampo, the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court and professor of Harvard and Yale universities. During the video call Ocampo presented the results of his legal research on the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh. Other Nagorno-Karabakh officials also participated in the call.

A billboard campaign in the Klang Valley will take place to help bring about changes that will end child marriage in Malaysia.