Switzerland Unveils 18-Point Plan to Prevent Torture
Media-Society.com // Presented in Warsaw, the OSCE chairpersonship’s plan turns established human rights obligations into practical measures for detention, investigation and survivor…
HDIM and WHDC: What Is the Difference?
Media-Society.com // Two Warsaw meetings examine human rights across the OSCE region, but their mandates and institutional status are not the same…
Warsaw Rights Conference Turns to Rule of Law
Media-Society.com // More than 1,800 participants confront torture prevention, capital punishment and counterterrorism safeguards The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference entered its first…
Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on aid trucks in South Kordofan
A driver was killed in the attack, which occurred early on Saturday. The contracted trucks were carrying WFP food commodities and were…
More than 184,000 displaced as fighting intensifies in Yemen
In the week to 3 October alone, the International Organisation for Migration recorded nearly 21,800 people who had been displaced at least…
Escalating fighting in Yemen deepens food security crisis
Fighting between Government forces and Houthi rebels along the southwestern coast has forced nearly 150,000 people from their homes, disrupted markets and…
World News in Brief: Cycle of violence continues in Haiti, seafarer deaths off Somalia, food insecurity in the Middle East
In an update to the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner welcomed the first Gang Suppression Force operations, mandated by the UN…
‘Money alone won’t get us there’: UN steps up aid for 12 forgotten crises
That was the message from UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday, as the aid coordination office he runs, OCHA, released $160…
Latvia Heads to Polls Under Tight Security
A fragmented contest and foreign-interference concerns place coalition arithmetic at the centre of Saturday’s election Latvians will elect a new parliament on…
Ebola response faces setback as transit centre burns down in DR Congo camp
Condemning the blaze, the UN’s senior Ebola response official in DRC, Julien Harneis, also noted that Kigonze camp where the facility was…