Six women’s rights activists still missing in Afghanistan
The UN human rights office OHCHR, has said it is very alarmed over the continued disappearance of six people who were abducted in the Afghan […]
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Myanmar: ‘Meaningful action’ needed to stop the slaughter
Marking the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the independent UN expert monitoring the country implored States on Tuesday to take more robust […]
Myanmar: Voices of the people must be ‘heard and amplified’
As Myanmar nears the first anniversary of the military coup that saw the arrest of national icon Aung San Suu Kyi and her civilian government […]
First Person: The Holocaust, genocide, and war
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, and a recognized voice in the field of peacebuilding and violence prevention, is […]
First Person: Holocaust survivor, ‘hate is vicious’
During the Second World War, Pinchas Gutter, from Łódź, Poland, survived six Nazi concentration camps. Today he is a Holocaust educator, sharing his story in […]
End leprosy discrimination laws ‘without delay’, UN rights expert urges
More than 100 laws that remain in place around the world which discriminate against people affected by leprosy, should be abolished, an independent UN human […]
Yemen: Call for independent probe into deadly prison airstrikes
Airstrikes last week by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen that hit a detention facility in the northern city of Sa’ada, killed some 91 people and […]
‘Urgent, renewed effort’ needed to restore civilian rule in Myanmar: Bachelet
UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet appealed on Friday for the international community to intensify pressure on Myanmar’s military to stop its campaign of violence […]
UN remembers ‘unprecedented horror and calculated cruelty’ of the Holocaust
The Holocaust “defined the United Nations”, Secretary-General António Guterres told a virtual ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, recalling that the UN Charter was […]
WHO: New guidance on treating complications due to unsafe abortion
New insights into quality of care for girls and women facing medical complications due to unsafe abortion were published on Wednesday by the UN health agency […]