Over 200m girls, women alive today have undergone FGM, nearly 4.4m girls will be at risk this year – WHO
February 7, 2024 The World Health Organisation says more than 200 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation and this year, nearly 4.4 million girls will…
U.N. rights office cites growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine
April 22, 2022 The United Nations human rights office said on Friday there was growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including signs of indiscriminate shelling and summary executions,…
SERAP petitions UN over violent attacks on Deji Adeyanju, other protesters
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the United Nations over violent attacks on activists, Deji Adeyanju and other protesters in Abuja. SERAP wrote to the UN Special Rapporteur,…
Migration: There’s Global Failure to Handle the Hidden Human Calamity That Continues Unabated in Libya -UN
Migrants and refugees are being subjected to “unimaginable horrors” from the moment they enter Libya and throughout their stay in that country, a UN report has stated. The report,…
UN to Review Nigeria’s Human Rights Record, 13 Other Countries
United Nations highest human rights body, the Human Rights Council (HRC), will start reviewing the track records of Nigeria and 13 other countries on Monday through a…
‘Virginity testing’ a human rights violation, says UN
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), UN Women and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have issued a joint statement calling for a ban on tests meant…