One UN human rights expert’s fight to eliminate ‘conversion therapies’
Some 69 States around the world currently criminalise homosexual relations between consenting adults. This means that in just this one area of human rights violations, […]
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Effects of colonialism ‘still being felt to this day’
The consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray told the Special Committee on Decolonization on Friday. from […]
Child sex abuse in Madagascar ‘widespread and tolerated’
In Madagascar, child sex abuse is “widespread and tolerated” in tourist hotspots, UN-appointed rights experts said on Thursday. from UN News – Human Rights https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2022/02/1112152 Free International […]
Guterres opens Global Disability Summit with inclusivity call
The Global Disability Summit began on Wednesday in Oslo, where UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged all countries to do more to put people living with disabilities “front […]
Human rights defenders threatened at Poland-Belarus border
Independent UN experts expressed deep concern on Tuesday over allegations that human rights defenders have been threatened at the Polish-Belarusian border, including media workers and […]
Brazil: Key torture prevention mechanism whittled down for detainees
Brazil must comply with its international obligations, and reinforce its national prevention mechanisms against torture, UN independent experts said on Friday, after concluding a visit […]
Bangladesh: Rights experts decry ‘appalling’ culture of impunity around killing of journalists
Authorities in Bangladesh have yet to conduct an investigation into the murder of prominent journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi 10 years after they were […]
South Sudan: Political violence on the rise, UN rights experts warn
UN human rights experts have warned of increased political violence and polarization between communities across the world’s youngest country, South Sudan, following a fact-finding visit […]
Radio Miraya builds trust in South Sudan, amid hate and disinformation
Although internal conflict erupted within the world’s youngest country after independence in 2011, Radio Miraya, the news service launched by the UN Peacekeeping Mission in […]
UN rights office warns of risk of further attacks on displaced camps in DR Congo
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced […]