UN agency says exposure to air pollution causes an estimated seven million premature deaths every year, mostly in low and middle-income countries
These are the first recorded deaths of groups of asylum-seekers and migrants transiting through Belarus to seek asylum in Lithuania, Latvia and Poland
Officials say some violations of international human rights and humanitarian laws amount to war crimes
Hundreds of mostly Haitian migrants and asylum seekers have been forcibly expelled by US authorities under Title 42, public health related asylum restriction
African countries with low vaccination rates are breeding grounds for vaccine-resistant variants that could end up sending the world back to square 1, official says
New study by WHO and ILO on work-related causes of deaths around the world finds long working hours to be the biggest occupational risk factor
The UN refugee agency has received only one-third of the $924 million it needs for COVID refugee relief
Judiciary's independence has been eroded because of intimidation, threats against judges and prosecutors to do state's bidding, UN investigators say
Report says the world is not on track to meet the target of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050
Bachelet wants a pause on sale and use of systems, saying they pose a serious risk to human rights around the world
The most notable use of cluster munitions last year was by non-member states Armenia and Azerbaijan during their war over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Conditions in Syria look increasingly bleak with intensifying violence, a plummeting economy and widespread transmission of COVID, investigators find
UN human rights chief Michele Bachelet says Nicaraguans should be able to exercise their right to vote without intimidation, violence, or administrative interference
The Ethiopian government declared a unilateral ceasefire in Tigray at the end of June
Abuses, some amounting to crimes against humanity, will be examined in countries such as Myanmar, Belarus, Syria, Eritrea, Burundi, Nicaragua, and Venezuela
Randomized phone surveys carried out between August 21 and September 5 in all of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces found that 93% of households do not have enough to eat
The UNHCR and its partners have recorded more than 1,200 civilian deaths and 1,100 rapes in 2021 in the two most affected provinces of North Kivu and Ituri
Despite the risks, Afghan women and men have taken to the streets in defense of their human rights
UN experts say civilians are trapped in a life of intolerable suffering and desperation as Yemen enters its seventh year of civil war with no end in sight
UN officials say money from their appeal would provide life-saving humanitarian assistance for nearly 11 million Afghans until the end of the year
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