The U.N.'s top human rights body agreed Monday to set up an ongoing probe of human rights violations in Afghanistan under the Taliban, including against women and girls, in a measure pushed for by the ...

Human Rights Watch criticised Iraq's amendment of the personal status law, saying it restricts women's rights and makes them "second class citizens".

Possible human remains discovered at a Canadian landfill site may be the bodies of two murdered Indigenous women police suspect were disposed by a serial killer, the Manitoba provincial government ...

In his letter to Mahmood, sent following a five-day visit to the UK over the summer, O'Flaherty said two laws passed under ...

Food processing has been a part of human adaptation since deep in the past. The softening and breaking down of food left its testimony on the human body. For example, the massive teeth of our early ...

Small-scale gold mining in the area releases mercury into the environment, where it can make its way into fish and, in turn, ...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR)  has urged the government to prioritise the immediate ratification of all outstanding regional human rights instruments ...