Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

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13 Jan, 2021

Human Rights, Values, and Culture.

North Korea’s Forced Labour Reaches Europe

A 2024 investigation by the Outlaw Ocean Project traced North Korean forced labour to Chinese seafood processing plants whose products entered supply chains across the…

7 June, 2026

Peacekeeping’s Enduring Price

More than 50,000 peacekeepers are currently deployed across the globe, mandated to protect civilians, support elections, deliver humanitarian aid, and clear landmines. The head of…

7 June, 2026

America’s Detention Shame

On Thursday June 5th, more than half a dozen detainees telephoned the Workers Circle, an advocacy group that liaises between detainees and their families. The…

7 June, 2026

The Housing Crisis Finds Its Road Map

That declaration carried political weight precisely because it was contested. In many wealthy countries, housing had been treated primarily as an investment asset, a source…

4 June, 2026

Haiti Takes a Step Towards Justice

OHCHR spokesperson Marta Hurtado stressed that for the units to succeed they must be genuinely independent, both institutionally and individually, and that the safety of…

3 June, 2026

Fields of Despair: How a Distant War Is Starving Myanmar’s Farmers

Myanmar was once the world’s rice bowl. Before the second world war it exported more of the staple than any other nation on earth. Decades…

1 June, 2026

Banning Children from Social Media Is Not Enough, the UN Warns

Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the harms children face in digital spaces were not inevitable but the result of deliberate…

31 May, 2026

The UN Honours Its Blue Helmets and Calls for Renewed Investment in Peace

Secretary-General António Guterres described peacekeeping as a proven and cost-effective tool for stabilising conflicts, protecting civilians and supporting political solutions. He paid tribute to the…

31 May, 2026

Conflict-Related Sexual Violence More Than Doubled in 2025

The report notes that non-state armed groups, including organised criminal networks, continued to use sexual violence to exert control over communities and resource-rich territory, while…

31 May, 2026

Belgium Cannot Apologize Its Way Out of Colonial Justice

The organisations now call on Belgium to implement the judgment promptly, refrain from further delay, and adopt a comprehensive reparations framework for all Métis people…

25 May, 2026

Football’s Finest Take Up the Baton for Human Rights

The initiative, known as Football for the Goals, was launched in 2022 when UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed observed that football carries a powerful…

25 May, 2026

Counting What Counts

A report released this month by an expert group appointed by the UN Secretary-General proposes a dashboard of 31 alternative indicators for measuring economic progress.…

24 May, 2026