‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform
This will be “no ordinary session,” she pledged, with the multilateral system beset by overlapping crises and heightened disunity. A…
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Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says
Shortly after presenting a mandated report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission…
Nepal PM resigns after deadly crackdown on youth protests; UN urges calm
The unrest, which began Monday as a self-styled “Gen Z protest” against rampant corruption, nepotism and curbs on social media,…
UN rights chief denounces ‘glorification of violence’ and attack on rule of law
“No one is safe when human rights are under attack,” Mr. Türk told the Human Rights Council, warning that the…
UN ready to assist Nepal following deadly protests over social media ban
Police used tear gas and opened fire on protesters attempting to storm the parliament complex in the capital, Kathmandu, according…
DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence
The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe…
‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying the highest price
“They burned everything,” said one witness of a shelling attack in the Zamzam displacement camp in war-torn Darfur. “They claimed…
Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups
The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center for Human…
Finding strength amid sleepless nights: Ukraine’s hidden mental health toll
Speaking from the capital Kyiv which was rocked by some of the deadliest attacks of the war last week –…
‘Reparatory justice’ key to ending racism against Africans and their descendants
Doing so is key to dismantling systemic racism that is rooted in legacies of slavery and colonialism, it said. Actions…