Heads of state from Turkey, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Pakistan, Germany are expected to join more than 1,200 diplomats, humanitarians, academics, and refugees in forum to be held in Geneva
Children as young as 12 suspected of being fighters for Islamic State are being kept in a secret location with adults in conditions that may give rise to torture
The needless death of so many innocent people daily is completely avoidable and the blame for this rests squarely on the parties involved in the conflict
Report says 12 months after a violent crackdown on dissent killed more than 300 protesters and injured more than 2,000, human rights abuses in the country persists
WHO is calling for action to stop global epidemic of suicides, which every year takes lives of an estimated 800,000 people
The United Nations reports more than 4.3 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have fled the country - most are in neighboring nations
UN human rights chief issues stark warning that climate change poses rapidly growing global threat to human rights as dwindling resources due to global warming lead to increased hunger, migration and conflict
While life-saving search and rescue operations are ongoing, the World Health Organization is focusing on clinical care to save the lives of hurricane survivors
Vaccine misinformation is a global health threat that could reverse decades of progress made in tackling preventable diseases, WHO says
Adviser to president dismisses warning as 'lies and manipulation'
Michelle Bachelet says the separation of families constitutes an arbitrary and unlawful interference with family life and a grave violation of the rights of the child
Violations occur through air strikes, indiscriminate shelling, snipers, and land mines as well as a wide range of abuses, including torture, arbitrary killing and detention, and sexual and gender-based violence
Nearly 2 million people were recently struck off Assam's citizenship list and are at risk
A global fund for education in emergencies is seeking $1.8 billion by 2021 to provide schooling for nine million children and youths caught in conflict and other situations of crisis
Sustainable investment is needed because 1.5 million people are still dying every year from vaccine-preventable disease, organization says
Insecurity in North Kivu and Ituri provinces and community mistrust are major impediments to ending the epidemic
More than half of the world’s refugee children, about 3.7 million, who do not go to school face a bleak future
Cluster Munition Coalition calls on Syrian government to immediately stop using these inhumane weapons and says its Russian ally must refrain from being complicit in their use
So far this year, 364,808 cases of measles have been reported globally, the highest number since 2006
CITES has tackled the illegal trade in elephant ivory and species such as pangolins, parrots and rosewood by strengthening enforcement efforts
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