American Herald Tribune|Binoy Kampmark: Having such occasions as International Human Rights Day always affords a mixed occasion. There is a sense by the promoters that the job is far from being done. But the worst tend to be those who nod at the concept while blithely ignoring it altogether. At heart, cynicism rules their roost, a sort of executive ...

IRNA Iranian terror victims said in a letter to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein that human dignity is the core of human rights. According to Public Relations of the Association Advocating Victims of Terrorism honored anniversary of adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations ...

Tasnim Irans High Council for Human Rights on Saturday criticized certain states across the globe for using the issue of human rights as a tool to advance their personal and military agendas. In a Saturday statement, the Iranian Judiciarys Human Rights Council said, Instrumental use of the issue of human rights as well as the existing international ...

MNA United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on Human Rights Day,10 December 2016, said all of us can and must act in our daily lives to advance the human rights of the people around us.The full text of his message reads: As United Nations Secretary-General over the last decade, I have repeatedly stressed the interdependence ...

Tehran, Dec 10, IRNA Iran's Human Rights Commission issued a statement on Wednesday December 10, which is commemorated across the world as Human rights Day. 'We Iranians have paid heavy costs to win our freedom and protect our dignity and national independence,' the statement said. The statement added that not only on the Human Rights Day, but on ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 10 (MNA) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message for Human Rights Day, urged States to respect their commitments over protecting human rights all the time. In his message, Ban Ki-moon emphasized on protection of human rights as an obligation for all countries and people in all times regardless of their origin, race,...

LONDONWednesday is United Nations Human Rights Day. Many observers describe 2014 as a horrific year for human rights violations. War is the major source of abuses around the world - and in the past 12 months, major conflicts have intensified. The Syrian civil war is approaching its fourth year. Hundreds of thousands have been killed and millions forced ...