Reports

Summary This report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 25/1, and includes the principal findings of OHCHR’s comprehensive investigation into alleged serious violations and abuses of human rights and related crimes during the armed conflict…

Government Commitment to Basic Protections, Women’s Rights Essential (New York) – Afghanistan’s foreign donors should press the government to address the country’s persistent human rights problems at a major international meeting of senior officials, Human Rights Watch…

SG/SM/17017 SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESS RELEASE The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General applauds the people of Sri Lanka for their peaceful and broad-based participation in the parliamentary elections of 17 August. …

LAHORE: Child abuse cases are taking alarming proportions and adversely affecting the individuals, families as well as the whole society but there is a dearth of laws and bodies to check such incidents and rehabilitate the…

Statement by Philippe Cori, UNICEF Regional Deputy-Director for South Asia KATHMANDU, Nepal 11 August 2015 – “Recent reports of children being sexually abused over a period of several years in the Kasur district of Pakistan are appalling.…

Author: Joseph D'Urso LONDON, July 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Inadequate shelter, school closures and a lack of safe water and sanitation are the three biggest concerns of Nepali children affected by two huge earthquakes, said a…

16 June 2015 – Ensuring that Member States and their military commanders on the ground remain accountable for any violent actions targeting children is key to preventing atrocities against minors affected by armed conflict, the United…

The Children in Armed Conflict Accountability Framework is a practical resource that promotes accountability for serious violations of international law committed against children in armed conflict (CAC accountability). The Framework responds to the significant gap that…

Bribes, Connections Needed to Avoid Prison Camps, Forced Labor (New York) – North Korean authorities arbitrarily arrest, unfairly prosecute, and severely mistreat people for conducting private business activity, with punishments varying with bribes and connections, Human Rights…

New case study: Community World Service Asia - Capacity building strengthens quality and accountability in the Philippines This case study highlights the capacity building that Community World Service (CWS) Asia undertook in the Philippines following typhoon Yolanda…