Оn 27 November, the first-ever United Nations Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded today in the Turkmen capital, with more than 50 countries endorsing the 'Ashgabat Statement on Commitments and Policy Recommendations,' with a view to supporting cleaner, greener transportation — from local transit systems to worldwide multimodal networks.

Some 1,500 migrants have clashed with police in Bulgaria's largest refugee centre, two days after the facility was sealed off following reports of an alleged infection outbreak, BBC reported on 24 November.

The Nigerian security forces, led by the military, embarked on a chilling campaign of extrajudicial executions and violence resulting in the deaths of at least 150 peaceful  pro-Biafra  protesters in the south east of the country, according to an investigation by Amnesty International published today.

On 22 November, Human Rights Watch called on the Philippines authorities to withdraw a bill that would lower the age of criminal responsibility from 15 years to 9.

On 22 November, Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has withdrawn a bill that pardons men convicted of sex with underage girls if they have married them, BBC reported.

In its report published on 18 November, the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ( CPT) has described the disturbing situation it found during its visit in May 2016 to Huy, Ittre and Jamioulx prisons, as well as in the social defence establishment (EDS) in Paifve, in the context of industrial action by prison staff.

Francois Crepeau, the UN special rapporteur on migrant human rights, has just finished an 18-day stint examining Australia's immigration laws. He said in Canberra on 18 November that conditions on Nauru were "cruel, inhuman and degrading".

On 15–18 November, 2016 Octopus conference timed to the 15th anniversary of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime is being held in Strasburg, France. Problems arising with the development of “cloud computing” are the main topic concerned.

The 2016 winner of the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-violence is the Federal Research and Methodological Center for Tolerance Psychology and Education (Tolerance Center) of Russia.

On 14 November, a Denver man who spent 28 years in prison for a rape he long denied committing was acquitted of the crime, the Albany Times Union reported.