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In 2021/2022 alone SAPS faced more than 13,000 new civil claims for damages. The problem of arbitrary arrest has been regularly raised.

"We are overjoyed that Pope Francis will be visiting Mongolia. AIFO has been working in the country for 32 years and we are very proud of our work there because it shows that the programmes and plans we adopt and implement produce concrete results not only for our concerned persons - we prefer not to call them

The pandemic had a significant impact on child trafficking. With economic hardships, traffickers exploited the situation to target desperate parents and children.

The current Indo-Naga political talk has culminated in signing the Framework Agreement between the NSCN and GOI. The state of political affairs now onstage is

This letter outlines several areas of human rights concern and proposes recommendations to improve Uzbekistan’s compliance with its international human rights obligations.

An opinion piece by Mathuri Thamilmaran, National Legal Advisor – Sri Lanka at the International Commission of Jurists Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) individuals in Sri Lanka have too often been subjected to discrimination, abuse, violence and harassment in violation of th

By John Lee. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has concluded an official visit to Iraq with a warning about the dangers of climate change in the country. He also expressed concerns on other human rights issues, such as freedom of expression and the use of torture. Full statement from UN

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Baghdad, 9 August 2023 Masa Elkheir. Thank you all for coming. I have just concluded the first-ever visit by a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Iraq. I thank the Government of Iraq very much for its invitation, and for the extensive discussions ...

Cyber communication has directly or indirectly affected almost all strata of society and all facets of our lives. Now that it is an integral part of our day-to-day socio-economic lives as a...