The United Nations Secretary General adopted his Guidance Note on Transitional Justice: A Strategic Tool for People, Prevention and Peace in June 2023. The new Guidance Note is a result of a cross-pillar project under…
It’s critical to understand history not just through the books that will be written later, but also through the first-hand testimonies and real-time accounting of events as they occur. At…
SYDNEY — Australians overwhelmingly voted against a constitutional amendment on Saturday that would have recognized the country’s Indigenous peoples and provided them with an advisory body, or “Voice,” to Parliament.…
By Mariam Aman BBC World Service A BBC programme for children barred from schools in Afghanistan has been described as a "learning lifeline" by the United Nations. The show is…
About us The Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Law promotes human rights and international justice worldwide and trains the next generation of human rights researchers and…
ABOARD THE ALLANKAY off Antarctica (AP) — The frigid waters around Antarctica are emerging as a major battleground between industry and activists as advances in technology and new demand for krill as…
Monday, 30 October 2023, 1:00-3:00PM EDT / 5:00-7:00PM GMT / 6:00-8:00PM CET / 7:00-9:00PM CAT, CMT, EET, IST & SAST This International Center for the Study, Prevention and Treatment of…
NEW YORK (AP) — If people really looked for history at the New York City building where the Triangle Shirtwaist factory once existed, they could find it. There are plaques…
MANAUS, Brazil (AP) — Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest’s waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on…
The images are among the oldest known photographs of enslaved people in America. Tamara Lanier’s fight to gain control of them shows there is no clear system in place to…