Speaking ahead of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, United Nations human rights expert Maria Grazia Giammarinaro calls for sweeping changes in policy and on perception of trafficking. Fighting trafficking is not just about law enforcement, the Special…
The human rights situation in Afghanistan remained a serious concern in the first half of 2015. Despite some positive messages and steps from the National Unity Government (NUG) on the themes of women’s rights, freedom of expression and access…
Kuala Lumpur, May 24 Malaysia today said it has found mass graves, feared to contain bodies of Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants from Myanmar, near detention camps used by human traffickers on the border with Thailand, weeks after its police…
Published in The Reuters on Feb. 09 :: High-profile attacks such as the abduction 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria and the shooting of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan are a fraction of what is suffered by girls trying…
Published in The Express Tribune on Feb. 5th :: Law experts and human rights activists from South Asian countries have called upon governments in the region, to ratify the United Nations convention on enforced disappearances. Enforced disappearance is an…
Mr. Michel Forst, UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defender, delivered Keynote Address at 6th Asian Human Rights Forum held at Philippines on 3-5 December 2014.
Published in www.ohchr.org on Dec. 09 :: “Human rights matter because they are dependent on only one thing: being human.” This is one of the short video messages sent by everyday human rights defenders from around the world through…
Published in The Daily Star on Dec. 09 by Mohammad Golam Sarwar :: Raise Your Voice For Human Rights IN every year human rights day is observed with lots of commitment and aspiration from national and International patrons. After 65…