The 16-day campaign involves thousands of organizations in 187 nations and runs until Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.
WASHINGTON (AN) — They are disturbing numbers: One in three women and girls will suffer sexual or physical violence in their lifetimes. Seventy percent of women experience gender-based violence in humanitarian contexts.
One in five girls is married when still under the age of 18, and one in three women and girls lives in a country where marital rape is not an explicit crime.
The expert report identifies Thai and Chinese banks as the main providers of financial support for Myanmar's junta.
Reporters Without Borders warned that governments' support for press freedom around the world has been shrinking.
The U.N. body also demands Israel be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
More than 12,250 people have been killed – including 101 U.N. staff helping Palestinian refugees and at least 4,300 children – and 32,300 others injured in the Gaza war, officials said.
The head of Freedom House called the shooting 'a grim and shocking blow to the American democratic process.'
As NATO summit host, the Biden administration sought to show unity for Ukraine and deflect concern about Trump.
A U.N. report estimates at least 25% of global dust emissions that scatter on land and ocean come from human activities.
Children's deaths from malnutrition and dehydration show that critical health and social structures have collapsed.
