April to September 2012 attacks by armed groups in the North Kivu DR Congo leave 264 dead, including 83 children, a new UN report reveals.

Louis Gentile, the head of the UN Human Rights office in Timor-Leste, talks about accomplishments and challenges as the UN peacekeeping mission is ending its operations in the country.

Fuad Ahmed Al-Selwi, a participant in the UN Human Rights Office Minorities Fellowship Programme wants to introduce fellow members of his Al-Akhdam community in Yemen to the idea of freedom.

All over the world, thousands of children in an irregular migration situation are detained in prisons or detention centres. Some of these former detainees were able to share their stories.

General Assembly elected 18 countries to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for a period of three years beginning on 1 January 2013.

The UN independent expert on freedom of religion urges States consistently to respect, protect and promote the human right to freedom of religion or belief in the area of conversion.

Farida Shaheed, UN expert in the field of cultural rights, proposes to shift the paradigm from one that views culture merely as an obstacle to women’s rights to one that seeks to ensure women’s equal enjoyment of cultural rights.

Ground breaking work from the UN Human Rights Office - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay introduces a guide to human rights indicators.

Mohamed El Hor Abeidy says through his participation in the UN Human Rights office Minorities Fellowship Programme he expects to learn more about the UN human rights system “which will enable us to defend our rights without violating the rights of others