A shocking UN Human Rights Council report reveals an alarming surge in child trafficking worldwide, with four in 10 victims ...

While armed groups are often at the center of child soldier recruitment, Yared emphasized that governments across Africa have ...

Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights People of African descent are acknowledged in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as a specific victim group who continue to suffer ...

The United Nations has long been in the spotlight over allegations of child rape and other sexual abuses by its peacekeepers, ...

The killing attracted worldwide attention, but many African voices expressed muted reactions, saying that homosexuality is an "un-African" trait introduced to the continent by European colonisers.

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child stated on Thursday that children are facing extreme violations of rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The committee, established to help ...

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