Italy's top court has ruled that your neighbour's noisy toilet counts as a human rights violation. In a world plagued by genocides and persecution, is Italy trivialising the idea of human rights? Palki Sharma tells you.

Gravitas: Italy says noisy toilets are a human rights violation

Germany for the first time on Friday recognised it had committed genocide in Namibia during its colonial occupation, with Berlin promising financial support worth more than one billion euros to aid projects in the African nation.

Germany says committed genocide in Namibia during colonial rule, sets over $1bn for reparations

Namibia's President Hage Geingob's spokesman Alfredo Hengari has stated that the acceptance on the part of Germany that a genocide was committed is the first step in the right direction.

'Step in the right direction': Namibia appreciates Germany's genocide recognition

In a number of billboards posted across the Swiss city of Geneva, the Pashtun people are urging the United Nations to take action against Pakistan to stop the extermination of their people.

Billboards across Geneva calls for attention to Pakistan's cultural genocide of Pashtuns

Communities are being killed for their colour, gender, religion or ethnic origin right under our very noses

Liberal democracy or genocide?

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