In his national epic, the Book of Kings, Ferdowsi, tells us a story of a kingdom ruled by hungry snakes terrorising a nation. Little did the poet know that 1000 years later, his national epic would become a prophecy.

The Human Rights Council passed a resolution on the protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Atika describes her difficult day as refugee.

The UN defines torture as cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. Solitary confinement clearly reaches this bar, stripping prisoners of their rights to socialisation at the cost of their mental health.

Executing a human being is as coldblooded and premeditated as murder can get, writes Adrian Liberto

UN-aligned calls on the OHCHR to take action to ban harmful conversion practices against LGBTQ+

Here’s a look over the five key judicial branches of the European Union and how they are safeguarding justice across the block.

The EU is a remarkable institution, but its callous exclusivity has risked making it a gentlemen’s club, whose head is very much up its own backside.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has opened the doors for the recall of human rights in the US. But what does this decision mean and how will it impact America?

An armed attack on our camp shakes our security and frightens us, but what can we do but return to our tents and accept what happened as par of the course?

Human rights have been under attack in one way or another at nearly every single point in human history, so what has changed?

During the days of the war in Syria, we lost our safety. We used to sleep to the sound of cannons and wake up to the sound of planes.

As long as international justice is left in the hands of nation states at the UN nothing will ever improve because self-interest will always win the day. This needs to change.

Arabs say, “Who lives with a people for 40 days has become one of them.” How is it, then, that we have lived here for so many years now and are still living half-lives?

By the year 2050, more than 200 million people will become classified as climate refugees. Climate change has accelerated the rates of human migration, and this effect will continue to intensify.

Many people have shared their homes with total strangers, people with whom they can only communicate in sign language. But what need is there for a common language when humanity is all that matters?

For years Europe has watched iron-man rising worldwide and polarising the advance of authoritarianism. Now, we proved it: we can take action, but only if we want to.

Ukraine is supported by many countries because it represents the right to build one's own future, in peace within the safety of their borders, without the threats of aggression. Peace, principles, justice and self determination are sacrosanct. That is why the Ukrainians do not want war. They want to live harmoniously among their own people, sharing the culture and heritage with their neighbours and the world.