Myanmar generals had 'genocidal intent' against Rohingya, must face justice - UN
The U.N. report said the military action, which included the scorching of villages, was "grossly disproportionate to actual security threats"
Sierra Leone wants more girls in school - but not if pregnant
Rights activists say the state should address the stigma faced by pregnant girls rather than ostracise them.
U.N. team, approved a year ago, starts work on Islamic State crimes in Iraq
Rights lawyer Amal Clooney and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi woman enslaved by Islamic State, have long pushed Iraq to allow U.N. investigators to help.
Malaysia must get out of the bedroom and stop policing sexuality
Sentencing two women to be caned for "attempted lesbian sex" reveals much of Malaysia’s attitude towards sex and sexuality
With new DNA labs, India tackles backlog of sexual assault cases
Less than half of the more than 25,000 cases that go to labs each year are processed, while 20 percent of lab reports do not hold up in court due to contaminated evidence
'Lost generation' looms for Rohingya refugee children without education
The lives of more than 380,000 children in refugee camps in Bangladesh are in peril, while hundreds of thousands of Rohingya children in Myanmar are cut off from aid
Powerful quake hits Venezuela coast, damage limited
Venezuela is not in a good shape to deal with a natural disaster as it is already wrestling with a crippling economic crisis
Zero HIV cases means zero HIV risk
It is vital that when we educate people about HIV we rely on facts rather than fear
UK companies' struggle to ensure fair wages sparks slavery concerns
A fifth of companies have discovered wage violations in their operations over the last two years
INSIGHT-The Rohingya lists: refugees compile their own record of those killed in Myanmar
The bloody assault in the western state of Rakhine drove more than 700,000 of the minority Rohingya across the border into Bangladesh, and left thousands of dead behind