Human Rights

For many years European countries have been warned about the inadequacy of their immigration and asylum systems. Now, with increased...

Refugee camp on the outskirts of Calais, France © Matt Sprake Those who think that irregular migrants have no rights...

© United States Holocaust Memorial Museum A couple of days ago, we commemorated the liquidation 71 years ago of the...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) children are often victims of bullying and violence in schools, at home and...

I started writing this article at a time when hundreds of people were taking to the streets to protest the...

Screenshot from rare video footage from Rikers Island showing Kalief Browder being held on the ground. On Saturday, June 6,...

Far too often, police officers in many European countries resort to excessive use of force against protesters, mistreat persons in...

Over the past year, we have witnessed massive protests around the world spawned by human rights violations, declining labor rights,...

Women and men entered the economic crisis on an unequal footing. The crisis and resulting austerity measures have hit women...

Not surprisingly, Fox News presenter Clayton Morris had to apologise for his ‘ignorant and stupid’ comments mocking the new gender...

“A sick thing”. “Human trafficking in children”. “A gaping loophole with life threatening outcomes”. These are just few of the...

As Summer 2015 approaches, fans anxiously await the release of the third season of Netflix’s highly viewed comedy-drama series ‘Orange...

Violence against women remains one of the most widespread human rights violations which takes place every day, and intimate partner...

Armenian Genocide Memorial Monument in Yerevan History continues to divide Armenian and Turkish officialdom, but there are many civil society,...

Most teenagers spend a substantial share of their time on Internet, often using social media, which have become a major...

Re-homing, a practice which consists in transferring a child’s custody to non-family members without the oversight of child welfare or...

Glenn Ford, a 64 year-old African American man originally from California, was wrongfully convicted of a murder that took place...

In recent news, Somalia became the 195th country to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...

Recent reports out of the United States raise important concerns about the soaring rates of children living in poverty which...

The year 2014 was filled with significant momentum towards a more equal nation for individuals identifying as LGBT. After dozens...