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Mexican gay rights groups voiced hope Thursday that a Supreme Court ruling against an Oaxaca state law that banned same-sex marriages will lead to similar decisions across the nation.

• 07 декабря 2012, 17:49

Support is growing in the United States for marriage equality, two polls showed on Wednesday.

• 06 декабря 2012, 13:32

A trial involving almost 800 cases of human rights abuses during Argentina's 1976-1983 military junta got under way Wednesday, chronicling the use of torture and murder during the dictatorship.

• 30 ноября 2012, 15:18

Nursultan Nazarbayev signed a Law on ratification of the Convention concerning Equal Opportunities and Equal Treatment for Men and Women Workers: Workers with Family Responsibilities.

• 22 ноября 2012, 16:40

The UN's top human rights official Wednesday described a hunger strike by refugees banished by Australia to the remote Pacific as a sign of the "unbearable conditions" of their detention.

• 14 ноября 2012, 12:45

The United States on Monday won a new term on the UN Human Rights Council and vowed to renew its campaign to put right "flaws" in the controversial body.

• 13 ноября 2012, 15:41

The elections of the new Council members for 2013-2015 were held during the 67th session of the UN General Assembly on November 12 in New York.

• 13 ноября 2012, 15:19

Kazakhstan has presented itself as a candidate for membership in the UN Human Rights Council from Asian-Pacific States for 2013-2015.

• 12 ноября 2012, 18:48

Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau has been invited to the Senate to make a report on human rights and provide recommendations.

• 15 октября 2012, 13:28

The number of girls who marry before their 18th birthday could increase dramatically over the next two decades, a new UN report warned Thursday.

• 12 октября 2012, 14:26

Amnesty International called Wednesday on the Democratic Republic of Congo to put an end to the fighting in the east of the country where several local and foreign armed groups are committing abuses.

• 11 октября 2012, 12:05

Shelling and air raids killed dozens of Syrian civilians, including children, on Monday, a watchdog said, while rebels and loyalists fought close-quarter battles in Aleppo's main souk.

• 03 октября 2012, 11:18

Every time violence intensifies in Syria, so do abductions of civilians, for political reasons and more often for financial gain.

• 19 сентября 2012, 14:24

UN officials have denounced gross human rights violations by both sides in Syria, as fighting rages in the second city Aleppo with the army claiming to have secured much of a strategic district.

• 18 сентября 2012, 13:54

Implicated by the wand of a "bogus" bomb detector, Hassan became one of hundreds detained in Thailand's insurgency-racked south because of equipment that experts say is useless.

• 13 сентября 2012, 11:06

Australia's human rights body Wednesday found the government breached the rights of a nine-year-old girl it detained for more than nine months, during which time she witnessed others self-harming.

• 12 сентября 2012, 14:26

Members of an influential Islamic body have visited Myanmar's Rakhine state, a government official said Tuesday, to survey fallout from deadly sectarian unrest between Buddhist and Muslim communities.

• 11 сентября 2012, 15:08

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton voiced hope Saturday that the US Congress would act this month to end Cold War-era trade restrictions on Russia but also raised concerns on human rights.

• 09 сентября 2012, 15:06

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday became the latest senior official to insist there is no evidence of an alleged massacre of some 80 Yanomami indigenous people.

• 06 сентября 2012, 16:37

Arab Gulf monarchies lambasted Syria's regime for deploying heavy weapons against its civilians, as over 100 people were killed in raids, bombings and air strikes according to a watchdog toll count.

• 03 сентября 2012, 13:24