
Editor's note: this post follows from yesterday's post, by Frances Raday, UN Rapporteur-Chair, on the 2014 Working ...

Editor’s note: The UN Human Rights Council Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice ...

Human trafficking is a complex phenomenon touching upon different legal and policy frameworks. Being first and ...

This week marks a major breakthrough in international justice for children. It is a turning point in a deeply ...

On 26 March 2014 the United Nations Human Rights Council (“HRC”) passed a Resolution 'condemning in the strongest ...

Conflict — perhaps like no other happening — illuminates our shared vulnerability to hurt and harm of unimaginable ...

The most significant change in recent decades influencing the position of women at work is the transformation of ...

During 2011-13, I had the fortune to serve as a part-time Senior Human Rights Advisor to WHO Assistant ...

“Human rights do not have any borders. It is vital to address underlying human rights issues in disputed ...

A recent resolution of Member States of the International Criminal Court (ICC) puts into question their commitment ...

The current UN sanctions regime against terrorists does not secure due process rights. Allowing the International ...

On the 5th of September 2013, the ILO Domestic Workers Convention (C189) came into force. The adoption of the ...