Venezuela must guarantee judicial impartiality – UN human rights expert
As political tensions continue to escalate in Venezuela, a United Nations independent human rights expert has called on the Government to “take all necessary measures […]
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Easing fears and promoting gender equality in Chad’s girls-only classrooms
A teacher holds up a drawing of an adolescent girl who has just been caught unawares by her first menstruation cycle, while at school. She’s […]
Young people worldwide can ‘determine the future of migration,’ says UN senior official
The key role that young people play in determining the future of migration governance around the world is the focus of the session this year […]
Without ‘transformative shifts,’ women will wait two centuries for gender equality
“I think it’s almost a joke that it will take the world so long to create women empowerment, particularly as we know that there’s an […]
Gaza probe finds ‘reasonable grounds’ Israeli forces committed international human rights violations
An independent UN report into last year’s protests along Gaza’s border fence involving Israeli security forces, that resulted in the shooting deaths of more than […]
Stateless Rohingya refugee children living in ‘untenable situation’, UNICEF chief
With around half a million in effect, stateless Rohingya refugee children living in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar camp, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) chief stressed […]
‘Comprehensively include migrants’ or Sustainable Development won’t happen: General Assembly President
Migration and sustainable development are “deeply interconnected” and the 2030 Agenda, the UN’s blueprint for a sustainable future for all, will not be achieved if […]
‘Comprehensively include migrants’ or Sustainable Development won’t happen: General Assembly President
Migration and sustainable development are “deeply interconnected” and the 2030 Agenda, the UN’s blueprint for a sustainable future for all, will not be achieved if […]
UN experts urge United Arab Emirates to release terminally ill woman to live her last days ‘in dignity’
United Nations independent human rights experts on Tuesday urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to release from detention a terminally ill woman who they say […]
‘Informing is not a crime’ UN chief calls for better protection of journalists, press freedom
Paying tribute to reporters around the world who “put their lives on the line” to tell important stories, UN chief António Guterres lamented on Monday […]