Keep Sudan borders open UNHCR urges, amid alarming rise in child deaths
Elizabeth Tan, UNHCR’s Director of International Protection said their first request was that countries allow civilians fleeing Sudan on “a non-discriminatory manner…
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USA: Slavery has left a deep and long-lasting legacy on the country, UN experts say
During the visit, the Mechanism visited Washington DC, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, and New York City saying in a press release,…
OSCE report on Ukraine’s deported children: ‘several thousands’ taken, and a system built to keep them
Vienna — An OSCE expert mission has documented the forced deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia in a report concluding…
Human rights experts alarmed over ‘imminent executions’ in Saudi Arabia
“Despite being charged with terrorism, they were reportedly arrested for resisting forced evictions in the name of the NEOM project and the…
Human rights ‘best antidote’ to advance peace, Security Council hears
Ambassadors met to examine the Council’s efforts towards building trust that leads to sustainable peace, in light of current and emerging threats. …
Israel: UN experts demand accountability over death of Palestinian hunger striker
The 45-year-old Palestinian died in his prison cell on Tuesday morning following a nearly three-month hunger strike. He had been protesting Israel’s…
Religious discrimination and police violence… France criticized at the UN
Several countries deplored on Monday religious discrimination and police violence during the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, May 1
Psychiatrists discuss how to reduce the use of coercive measures
The need and feasibility of reducing coercion in mental health care is widely acknowledged. The discussion whether the goal is reducing or…
Fragile gains on reducing child marriage, under threat from ‘polycrisis’: UNICEF
Currently, one in five young women aged 20 to 24, were married as children, versus nearly one in four a decade ago,…
Human rights scholars concerned about unsolved Tai Ji Men case
European and US human rights academics concerned about post-authoritarian persecution and the Tai Ji Men Case INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY: Chen Chu acknowledges the importance…