UN Panel demands US take immediate reforms to eliminate structural racism in Police System

Jun 12, 2020

Washington D.C. [US], June 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The US government should implement immediate reforms to eliminate structural discrimination by police, the United Nations Committee on...

UN committee calls for probe into Xinjiang rights violations

Nov 25, 2022

Acting under its early warning and urgent action procedure, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) also called on China to...

Systematic discrimination against women in Afghanistan, UN report highlights

Jun 17, 2023

"One of the most illustrative examples of the systematic discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan today is the relentless issuance of edicts, decrees,...

"Taliban imposed system of widespread discrimination against women in Afghanistan": UN official

Dec 08, 2023

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, has emphasised the limitations of "how the Taliban have really clamped down and imposed a...

UN calls on Pakistan to take necessary measures to investigate, prosecute reports of enforced disappearances

Aug 25, 2024

The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its findings on Pakistan, and called on the nation to take the necessary...

'Violence against women is a horrific violation of human rights': UN Secy General Guterres

Nov 26, 2023

November 25 is observed as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.