Iran has ratified treaties that oblige the country to refrain from the death penalty for individuals under the age of 18.
Syrian and Kurdish fighters preparing to cut off IS at Rodko road and push Islamists further from Kobane.
Oxfam warns gap between reach and poor is widening worldwide due to policy choices
Naseem sentenced to death after being charged with 'enmity against God' and 'corruption on earth'.
Studies show link between inhumane conditions of sugar cane workers and Chronic Kidney Disease
Experiment comes after Jewish journalist dressed in kippah was insulted on streets of Paris in anti-semitism experiment
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead tells us why she'd replace dictators with primary school teachers.
Naseem was arrested and charged with 'enmity against God' and 'corruption on earth' when he was 17.
I remain committed to stopping Lithuania's Neo-Nazis from rewriting history and warping truth of the Holocaust.
France struggling with "loss of tolerance" says Council of Europe human rights commissioner.
Human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson warns Bangladesh's ICT ignores international standards.
Human rights watchdog says group has tortured at least one opponent to death this month
Those who called me a 'parasite' after Observer letter must understand I was supporting free speech, not opposing trans rights.
Colombian government refuses police chief's call for child molesters to be given death penalty amid murder scandal
Naseem arrested after a gun battle between Revolutionary Guards and Kurdish militant organisation.
Fifty Shades neither liberates nor entertains - and s about as erotically stimulating as a pensioner's cardigan.
After Charlie Hebdo I was prepared for the gun attack which happened as I was speaking in Copenhagen.
Mothers arrested for making their young daughters to fight as part of ancient traditions
Murder of Ozgecan Aslan brings violence against women in the country into the spotlight again.
America is focused on Isis and Al-Qaeda but it ignored domestic terror at its peril.
Award-winning Reuters photographers share the stories behind iconic news images.
Sansour directed Open Bethlehem as part of global campaign to bring peace to Middle East.
The UN has added more sanctions and reaffirmed the ones it had adopted earlier to choke off the funds of the militants.
Deadly violence of final days serves as grim reminder of carnage we have endured.
It is far better to have anti-Jewish bigotry out in the open where it can be challenged, rather than sweeping it under a legal carpet.
None of us believes a word Putin says - they're just saying something nice to avoid telling the truth.
By jumping on DSK's car, we wanted to show the world that sexual exploitation is not a profession.
The Al Jazeera journalists were charged with supporting the Muslim Brotherhood organisation.
LSE's Centre for Women, Peace and Security will research on ways to prevent sexual violence against women during war.
Human Rights Watch: 'The mass rape of the town's women and girls is a new low in the catalogue of atrocities in Darfur.'