OHCHR Chief: Human Rights in Perilous State as Fundamental Values Disregarded

Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, says that human rights around the world are in a perilous state as countries are failing to honor the fundamental rights and freedoms of all peoples as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

https://www.voanews.com/a/unhcr-chief-human-rights-in-perilous-state-as-fundamental-values-disregarded/7143642.html

Afghanistan: Rights experts alarmed over Taliban use of ‘brutal’ punishments

“Brutal and undignified” forms of punishment in Afghanistan and the use of capital punishment coupled with a lack of fair trial guarantees, violate international law and must stop immediately, a group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on Thursday. 

https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/05/1136562

Children of African descent ‘not considered children at all’, rights experts charge

In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black boys and girls worldwide to the extent that they are not considered children, even in the eyes of the law.  

https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/11/1130357

U.S. and partners seek to deter human rights violations

https://share.america.gov/us-human-rights-reports-deter-violations/

U.S. and international partners target Beijing’s Uyghur oppression

https://share.america.gov/us-partners-target-beijing-uyghur-oppression/

Suu Kyi says free judiciary key to democracy

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says her country cannot be called a genuine democracy until it has an independent judiciary, even though it is undergoing a stream of breathtaking political and economic reforms.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hLWBri6GrScye6OA5oFtsRNV-JfQ?docId=7833849e76104720ab1037d0098948e1 

US: President Should Set a Human Rights Foreign Policy

12 Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next Administration

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/11/10/us-president-should-set-human-rights-foreign-policy