‘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 […]
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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 […]
‘Uphold human dignity’, dismantle ‘specious notion of racial superiority’ urges UN chief
Raise awareness of the dangers of racism and “stand up against old and new forms of slavery” was the resounding message of United Nations Secretary-General […]
UN launches drive to highlight environmental cost of staying fashionable
It takes around 7,500 litres of water to make a single pair of jeans, equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks over a […]
Gender equality, justice in law and practice: Essential for sustainable development
Fundamentally linked to human development, gender justice requires ending inequality and redressing existing disparities between women and men, according to a high-level United Nations forum […]
Marking international day, UN experts call for urgent action to end racial discrimination, in wake of New Zealand anti-Muslim attack
States must take urgent action, to “stem the tide of hate and discrimination” and ramping up of “ethno-nationalist populism”, which helped fuel the deadly shootings […]
Marking international day, UN experts call for urgent action to end racial discrimination, in wake of New Zealand anti-Muslim attack
States must take urgent action, to “stem the tide of hate and discrimination” and ramping up of “ethno-nationalist populism”, which helped fuel the deadly shootings […]
Venezuela: ‘A worrying destabilizing factor in the region’, Bachelet tells Human Rights Council
Expressing deep concern at the “magnitude and gravity of the human rights impact” of Venezuela’s current crisis, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) […]