The United Nations recently announced a campaign to encourage young people to address climate change. Red, the leader of the Angry Birds mobile phone game, was made an Honorary Ambassador […]
The United Nations recently announced a campaign to encourage young people to address climate change. Red, the leader of the Angry Birds mobile phone game, was made an Honorary Ambassador […]
Following the recent agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea regarding compensation toward World War II’s comfort women, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, met with survivor, Ms. Gil Won-ok last […]
At the end of the year, the United Nations will select a new Secretary-General when incumbent Ban Ki-moon’s term runs out. Campaigns across the globe have been pushing for a […]
On 20 December 2013, the UN General Assembly had its 68th session at which it signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) […]
In 2014, the Global Gender Index from the World Economic Forum predicted that the world would reach gender parity by 2095. One year later, the prediction had worsened, with the […]
With the ongoing conflict in Syria displacing people by the thousands, unrest in Darfur concentrating people in need toward UN mission bases and the inability to find a ceasefire agreement […]
On Wednesday 3rd February, the Australian High Court heard a case brought forward by the Human Rights Law Centre, concerning a plaintiff from Bangladesh who stood to be deported back […]
Over the weekend, protests against immigration took place in various locations across Australia. Most of these protests adopted the title Reclaim Australia. The central argument is that the religion of Islam contains values […]
Burundi has been in a state of political instability since President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to run for a contentious third term in office. With the suspension of NGOs, close surveillance […]
The UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, has announced that there has been a 70% decline in countries who uphold the death penalty in the last 40 years; […]