Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Almost no civilian in Afghanistan has escaped being personally affected in some way by the ongoing violence, says Tadamichi Yamamoto, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan.

The UN Human Rights Office has issued a report on business enterprises involved in certain activities relating to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

A Dutch court has ordered an immediate halt to a digital benefit fraud detection tool targeted at poor neighbourhoods in the Netherlands because it violated human rights norms.

Among the objectives of armed groups is to take control of the land and its associated resources, say UN investigators.