UN rights chief denounces Burundi for ‘belligerent and defamatory’ attack on inquiry team
The top United Nations human rights official has called on Burundi to “immediately retract” its threat to try and prosecute members of a UN Commission […]
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FROM THE FIELD: Enslaved Guatemalan indigenous women wait for reparations
Fifteen Guatemalan women from the Q’eqchi indigenous group, who were enslaved and raped by the military during the Central American country’s 36-year-long civil conflict, are […]
‘Essential step’ towards universal health care made at pivotal UN conference
United Nations Member States have unanimously vowed to strengthen primary health care, as an “essential step” towards achieving universal health coverage for all. ‘Essential step’ […]
Accountability for atrocities in Myanmar ‘cannot be expected’ from national processes – UN rights investigator
Continued denial of the facts and evidence of gross human rights violations by Myanmar is a clear indication of the country’s “lack of interest” in […]
Funding boost for sustainable development data agreed at UN conference
In a declaration agreed at the close of the 2018 UN World Data Forum in Dubai on Wednesday, leaders in the field agreed on measures […]
Those who produce food are among world’s hungriest – UN rights expert
Agricultural workers have the hardest time accessing food for themselves, and are often excluded from national labour and social protection frameworks, a United Nations independent […]
French full-body veil ban, violated women’s freedom of religion: UN Human Rights Committee
Following complaints by two French Muslim women, fined for wearing a full-body veil or niqab, a UN Committee of independent human rights experts ruled in […]
‘Never give up’: UN chief’s message for 2018 UN Day
Marking the 2018 United Nations Day, which falls on 24 October, Secretary-General António Guterres is urging the men and women of the UN, and those […]
As human caravan moves through Mexico, ‘full respect’ needed for national control of borders: UN chief
With more than 7,000 Central-American refugees now on the march through Mexico towards the southern border of the United States in search of safety and […]
As caravan moves through Mexico, ‘full respect’ needed for countries’ right to control borders: UN chief
With more than 7,000 Central-American refugees now on the march through Mexico towards the southern border of the United States in search of safety and […]