Forced pregnancy in Italy violated ‘woman’s human right to health’, UN experts rule
The Italian Government violated a woman’s “human right to health” after a law which denied her the right to refuse fertility treatment she had previously […]
Month: March 2019
Asia-Pacific showing ‘decisive leadership’ on road to 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, deputy UN chief tells key forum
Nations across Asia and the Pacific need to take bold action to ensure empowerment, inclusiveness and equality if the region is to realize the ambitious […]
UN’s Bachelet rejects Sri Lankan official’s ‘spin’ on Human Rights Council encounter, urges reforms
The UN’s top rights official on Wednesday rejected claims by Sri Lankan officials that she distanced herself from a report on the country and instructed […]
Brazilian officer a ‘stellar example’ of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping
Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special gender advocate award, it […]
Mali’s ‘self-defence’ groups must face justice, after deadly intercommunal attacks
Mali’s authorities have been urged by the UN to provide justice for the victims and survivors of attacks by so-called self-defence groups, responsible for horrific […]
UN expert condemns new sentence for jailed Venezuelan judge as ‘another instance of reprisal’
Maria Lourdes Afiuni, a jailed Venezuelan judge arrested ten years ago, has been slapped with a further five-year sentence, prompting a UN human rights expert to express his “grave concern”, describing the further punishment as an act […]
‘Provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric’ destabilizing Middle East, warns top UN official
Against a backdrop of rising tensions in Israel and Palestine, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, painted a bleak picture once again in […]
Tenants ‘forced out their homes’ by global investment firms, say UN experts
UN human rights experts have condemned the ‘egregious’ business practices of global private equity and investment firms which, they say, have transformed the global housing […]
UN expert condemns new sentence for jailed Venezuelan judge as ‘another instance of reprisal’
Maria Lourdes Afiuni, a jailed Venezuelan judge arrested ten years ago, has been slapped with a further five-year sentence, prompting a UN human rights expert to express his “grave concern”, describing the further punishment as an act […]
Tenants ‘forced out their homes’ by global investment firms, say UN experts
UN human rights experts have condemned the ‘egregious’ business practices of global private equity and investment firms which, they say, have transformed the global housing […]