Rights

‘All actors’ must lend support as humanitarian crisis continues in Haiti, UN rights chief urges

New York: Expressing deep concern for the impact on human rights of ongoing political unrest in Haiti, the UN rights chief on Friday called on all actors to acknowledge the grievances of Haitians, many of whom have been demanding the president step down amidst violent demonstrations which ignited a sprawling emergency in recent weeks. more

OHCHR Report on Kashmir human rights is seriously flawed and biased, says European think tank group

Amsterdam: The human rights report on Kashmir by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) glosses over the cross-border terrorism exported by Pakistan w ...

UN readying training guidelines to help cabin crews identify, report human trafficking

New York, Jan 5 (JEN): The United Nations is taking the global combat against human trafficking into the skies as the Organization's human rights office and its Montreal-based civil a ...

Warning against ‘cherry-picking’ among Global Goals, UN experts say human rights cannot be ignored

New York, July 12 (Just Earth News): The largest group of rights experts in the United Nations system stressed on Tuesday that focus on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development should in ...

UN rights experts urge India to repeal law restricting civil society access to foreign funding

New York, June 17 (Just Earth News):Three United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on the Government of India to repeal a regulation that has been increasingly used to obstruct ...

UN rights chief warns of 'preventable calamities' and 'worrying' trends in more than 50 countries

New York, June 14 (Just Earth News):In a wide-ranging opening speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN rights chief sheds a light on “preventable calamities” a ...

Ban: UN to continue following up on human rights allegations in Central African Republic

New York, June 8 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he has taken note of the release earlier this week of a report by Human Rights Watch on the Central ...

UN rights office ‘appalled’ by Iran’s sentencing of anti-death penalty campaigner

New York, May 21(Just Earth News):The United Nations human rights arm on Friday denounced Iran’s sentencing of an already-imprisoned human right defender, Nargis Mohammadi, to 16 years in ...

World Humanitarian Summit can build support for disability-inclusive aid responses – UN expert

New York, May 20(Just Earth News): Speaking ahead of the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit taking place in Istanbul next week, a United Nations human rights expert has urged all countries ...

s UN Human Rights Council marks 10th anniversary, Ban urges body to increase 'impact'

New York, Mar 16(Just Earth News/IBNS):Human rights are, sadly, “under attack” worldwide, and the United Nations Human Rights Council must increase its impact on the ground over its seco ...

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