Gaza: Humanitarians assist families impacted by recent airstrike in Deir Al-Balah
Personnel from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the UN Mine Action Service (UNMAS) conducted the assessment…
US: UN rights expert welcomes court ruling reaffirming sex-based protections in education
Independent rights expert Reem Alsalem hailed the landmark 9 January decision by the Kentucky court declaring the US Department of Education’s regulations…
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Security Council meets on Syria, plus Gaza and Lebanon updates
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UN human rights chief hails ‘signs of new beginnings’ in Lebanon and Syria
“I arrived, I have to say, with a heavy heart, given the compounded traumas over decades in both countries, but I see…
‘A Syrian-led future’: Security Council highlights priorities ahead
In his briefing, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen underscored the delicate nature of the transitional phase, describing it as a…
UN rights chief in historic meeting in Syria’s with caretaker authority in Damascus
Speaking from Damascus after meeting the leader of the caretaker authorities, Ahmad Al-Sharaa, Mr. Türk said that he had been “assured…of the…
More than 125,000 refugees return to Syria in desperate conditions
Leading calls for the international community to “move from words to action” to help the country’s most vulnerable returnees urgently, the UN…
Iran: UN experts alarmed as Supreme Court upholds death sentence of Kurdish woman activist
“The charges against Ms. Pakhshan Azizi do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes’ required by international law for the death…
‘Children are now freezing to death’: harrowing updates from Gaza
Tragically in the last month alone, eight newborns have died of hypothermia and 74 children have already died amid the brutal conditions…
‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk
For many workers, defending human rights is not just a job, but a calling. As he noted, many “work out of a…