The Committee expressed concerns regarding police violence and police profiling, noting that this had a disproportionate impact on indigenous peoples, people of African descent, and migrants. It ...

GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. human rights chief, in a landmark report launched after the killing of George Floyd in the United States, is urging countries worldwide to do more to help end discrimination, ...

From its inception in 1945, the United Nations has led an unrelenting fight against racism and racial discrimination. The framework for the Organization's work in that area was the declaration in the ...

[JURIST] Women around the world are still facing discrimination, according to a report [text, PDF; materials] released Wednesday by UN Women [official website] detailing the legal and humanitarian ...

Image by Chickenonline from Pixabay. According to a study conducted by the UN for 2021-2022, hate speech and discrimination increased 71 percent in Costa Rica’s social networks. The report found that ...

“But overt discrimination is not the way contemporary forms of discrimination play out. Nothing about [Stand Your Ground] says that it should be used that way, but it doesn’t change the fact.” The ...

Today, the UN Postal Administration (UNPA) is pleased to announce the release of new “United Against Racism and Discrimination” stamps that recognize the International Day for the Elimination of ...

Despite decades of progress in narrowing the gender gap in schools, millions of young girls worldwide remain deprived of basic education, the United Nations has warned in a stark new assessment. A ...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN CERD) gave a formal review of the United States in Geneva from August 9 to 13 – the first review of its kind since 2014. Among a litany ...

Dear members of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and other members of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea: On behalf of the 30 signatory organizations to this letter, we are writing ...