Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office
“We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians,” Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva. …
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Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom
Speaking to journalists from Bilozerka, a town on the Dnipro River about 20 kilometres west of Kherson and five kilometres from the…
Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen
OHCHR said that on 25 May, security forces stormed a peaceful meeting of Baha’is in Sana’a. Seventeen people, including five women, were…
Peacekeepers to be repatriated following allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse
Following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, a unit of 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers based in the Central African Republic, is to…
Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert
Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, insisted that current conditions there were “anything but…
Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief
Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights,…
Argentina, a yoga school in the eye of a media cyclone
Since last summer, the Buenos Aires Yoga School (BAYS) has been pilloried by Argentinian media outlets which have published over 370 news…
Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns Türk
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, and its mandate has become a powerful vehicle for change, progress, dignity, and justice, yet “this…
Haiti: UN deeply saddened as latest earthquake kills three, in wake of floods
The 5.5 magnitude quake struck in the department of Grand’Anse, following torrential rains which have displaced more than 13,000 people. “We are…
First Person: ‘Born fighting’ for rights of Black Brazilians
Organized under the theme, Realizing the dream: A UN declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of…