COVID-19: Rights experts highlight LGBTI discrimination, anti-Semitism
New guidance from the UN human rights office, issued on Friday, sets out key actions to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people […]
Month: April 2020
Coronavirus economics: Debt-laden countries at risk, as financial markets screech to a halt
Economists and finance experts are warning that countries with “high” or “distressed” public debt levels are at risk of severe economic shocks amid the COVID-19 […]
US must improve COVID-19 strategy to keep tens of millions from falling into poverty, urges rights expert
The United States must take urgent additional steps to prevent tens of millions of middle-class Americans hit by the COVID-19 pandemic from being “plunged into […]
Coronavirus pandemic threatens crises-ravaged communities, UN appeals for global support
A psychosocial counsellor in Jordan’s Azraq refugee camp called beneficiaries during the first four days of the COVID-19 lockdown to let them know that “virtual support” was […]
Migrants among most vulnerable, as IOM ramps up coronavirus response worldwide
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has expanded the scope of its Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP), to include far-reaching interventions that aim to […]
COVID-19 environmental roll back ‘irrational’ and irresponsible’: rights expert
Countries must not use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to weaken environmental protection and enforcement, a UN independent human rights expert said on Wednesday.v […]
Online predators put millions of children at risk during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown
Self-isolation has driven more and more children to move online during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to an unprecedented rise in screen time and raising safety […]
COVID-19 isolation threatens live-saving vaccinations for millions of children globally
As countries around the world continue to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 117 million children risk missing out on measles vaccines, two UN agencies […]
Testing, tracing, and when to lift restrictions: WHO’s latest advice
The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), outlined his agency’s latest advice to countries on Monday in a statement, stressing that a mix of […]
Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting COVID-19 – UNICEF chief
Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of contracting COVID-19, the head of the United Nations Children’s Fund […]