Migrant workers employed on a construction project for a FIFA World Cup stadium in Qatar worked for up to seven months without pay, Amnesty International has revealed.
The appointment of an evangelical missionary to head the uncontacted tribes department of Brazil's Indigenous Affairs Agency is a declaration that tribes will be forcibly contacted, says Survival International.
The Queen's Speech did not engage with many of the biggest issues facing young people, and will not provide the solutions needed to improve childhood now and for future generations, says the Children's Society.
More than 85 governments, civil society and international and regional organisations, have this week pledged hundreds of new commitments to end statelessness, a major cause of human rights deprivations for millions of people worldwide.
The scourge of modern day slavery is likely to increase as a result of environmental degradation, migration and demographic shifts, UN expert Urmila Bhoola says.
Children as young as seven are being drawn into the dangerous world of ‘county lines’ drug dealing, a new report from The Children’s Society is warning.