Category: Human Rights

10 months into the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, the lives of millions of people in Ukraine have been turned upside down. Many remain stranded in areas where the fighting continues, while around 6.5 million people are displaced within the country. 2 young brothers, Hennati and Ivan, are among them. EU humanitarian funding helped […]

Belgian NGO, Dung Dung, is using human hair to absorb environmental pollutants as part of the Hair Recycle Project, as reported by EuroNews.  (Photo : Sean Gallup/Getty Images)BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 23: A pile of human hair lies on the ground after protesters cut their hair as an act of solidarity with women in Iran […]

Over 40 million people are currently facing starvation in the Sahel, including in Burkina Faso, where conflict is the leading cause of food insecurity. In front of a major humanitarian disaster, the EU is stepping up emergency support to deliver aid to vulnerable populations in areas where access is severely limited. Currently, up to 1 […]

(Park Ji-young/The Korea Herald) South Korean police unveiled Monday plans to ramp up human rights protections for foreign suspects through a new set of standards and a new policy. The Korean National Police Agency said it would seek to make video recordings of custodial interrogations involving foreign suspects mandatory beginning this year at their request […]

Despite the challenges posed by a 6-decade economic embargo imposed by the United States, Cuba has built a strong healthcare system. The country counts almost the same population as Belgium but with a higher ratio of practicing physicians per inhabitant. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, healthcare professionals were struggling to face the extensive emergency, […]

Discover who won what at this year’s glittering Green Carpet Fashion Awards, Italia 2019: Last night in Milan, fashion and entertainment’s finest gathered at the iconic Teatro alla Scala for the third edition of the Green Carpet Fashion Awards, Italia, hosted by Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana in collaboration with Eco-Age. Kicking off the evening in […]

© Save The Children, 2021. All rights reserved. Licensed to the European Union under conditions. Every day, hundreds of children and families from the Northern Triangle of Central America – El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – flee the pervasive violence and poverty. Most of them embark on a long journey north, crossing Mexico towards the […]

Republican Senator Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Tim Kaine recently applauded the U.S. Senate’s unanimous passage of their North Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act of 2022. The Florida and Virginia Senators are prominent national figures in their respective parties, showing bipartisanship could still be alive at the U.S. Capitol. The bill now heads to the […]

Testimony of Michael Posner Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics & Finance Director of the Center for Business & Human Rights New York University Stern School of Business Congressional-Executive Commission on China October 17, 2019 Chairman Rubio, Chairman McGovern, thank you for inviting me to appear at today’s hearing, which draws much-needed attention to the plight […]

From fleeing conflict to making a new start in his host country, Wajeeh faced the same challenge most refugees face – securing an income for his family. With EU humanitarian funding, NRC helped Wajeeh to obtain the legal documents he needed to remain in Jordan, send his children to school, and establish his mushroom business. […]