United Nations Human Rights

Dev Karan, 17, is using technology and community training to revive polluted ponds in India. His initiative shows how youth-led innovation can turn local environmental crises into collective action. https://lnkd.in/eZDphwX5

Education unlocks human rights. Learning to understand and respect our dignity and rights and those of others lightens up our life and builds our community. In times of conflict and rapid change, that understanding matters. It’s why human rights education deserves our fullest support. What does human rights education look like where you are?

#USA: We decry the dehumanizing portrayal and harmful treatment of migrants and refugees, and call for migration policies and enforcement practices that respect human dignity & uphold due process rights. While states have the authority to determine their national migration policies, this needs to be done in full accordance with the law. Several policies currently being implemented are resulting in arbitrary or unlawful arrests, detentions, and flawed removal decisions. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e6p5dYBb

Today, we strengthen our partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) on gender equality, women’s rights, and sexual and reproductive health and rights with the signing of a renewed Framework of Cooperation for 2026–2030. This cooperation focuses on sustained joint strategies that respond to escalating gender pushback and the broader backlash against human rights, while strengthening the link between global policy, normative and monitoring work, and country-level programming and advocacy. By bringing together the complementary strengths of United Nations Human Rights and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), this partnership aims to deliver more cohesive and impactful results for the people we serve.

More than ten years after 300 girls were abducted from a boarding school in Chibok, northern Nigeria, many remain missing and justice is still out of reach. In recent months, Nigeria has witnessed a surge in abductions, mainly of school children. The inquiry by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) identified systemic failures ranging from lack of a legal framework to poor enforcement of laws. The inquiry stressed the urgent need to ensure access to justice, provide sustainable psychosocial support, and address root causes of insecurity. https://lnkd.in/eQsXRXtp

More than $80,000 per second. This is how much billionaires make, while billions of people struggle to make ends meet. The enormous accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few – highlighted in the new Oxfam report – raises serious concerns about the future of our societies. Growing inequalities are not only deeply unjust. They undermine social cohesion, create divisions, and fuel polarization. With wealth also comes power. The report shows that a billionaire is roughly 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than the average person. When people can’t participate equally in the decisions that affect them, trust erodes and accountability weakens. Unchecked power opens the door to abuse and subjugation. We need a complete rethink of our economies to put the rights of people and our planet first. And we need governance that looks beyond power grabs and delivers for all. Worth reading: https://lnkd.in/dKc7SyKw

#Ukraine: Civilians are bearing the brunt of Russia’s repeated large-scale attacks, which have left major urban areas without heat or electricity. They must stop. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/evphrCpf

In 2025, the world saw an alarming rise in executions, driven particularly by a growing number of #deathpenalty use for drug-related offences. The capital punishment is not an effective crime-control tool & can lead to executing innocent people. All States must establish an immediate moratorium on executions & move towards full abolition. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eyH9z_jh

+2 billion children grow up in a world where AI systems increasingly affect their lives. But these systems are largely designed and deployed by adults, too often without sufficient consideration of children’s rights and best interests. The Joint Statement on Artificial Intelligence and the Rights of the Child responds to this gap by recalling that children’s rights apply in AI-driven environments just as they do elsewhere, including rights related to privacy, expression, education, and protection from harm.  https://lnkd.in/eWKPC3KM Responsibility for upholding these rights rests with those who design, deploy, and regulate AI systems. States have obligations to respect, protect, and fulfil children’s rights in this context, and technology companies must integrate human rights due diligence into the core design of AI, with clear accountability when harm occurs. A central message emerging from today’s discussions is that children themselves must be meaningfully included in shaping the technologies that influence their lives. Listening to children is essential to ensuring that AI systems reflect their lived realities and help them to enjoy their rights in practice.