Rights
New York, Mar 23 (Just Earth News): Presenting an oral update on the rights situation in Sri Lanka, the top United Nations human rights official said that a general lack of trust in the impartiality of the justice system in the country regarding past violations and continuing “unwillingness or inability” to address impunity reinforces the need for international participation in a judicial mechanism. more
At UN event, people with Downs Syndrome 'speak up' to influence government policy and action

New York, Mar 22 (Just Earth News): On Tuesday, the call that people with Down Syndrome be included to fully and equally participate in all aspects of society echoed widely throughout United ...

UN reports slow women's political parity; launches latest 'Women in Politics' map

New York, Mar 16 (Just Earth News): Women's voices are still missing from the executive branches of governments and parliaments worldwide, slowing achievement of the Sustainable Development ...

UN Commission on Status of Women opens with calls for more men to stand up for equality

New York, Mar 13 (Just Earth News): With men still dominating even in countries that consider themselves progressive, the world needs more women leaders and more men standing up for gender e ...

UN agency spotlights role of Governments in preventing child exploitation in tourism

New York, Mar 11 (Just Earth News): The United Nations-backed meeting on tourism has spotlighted the leading role of Governments in preventing all forms of child exploitation in the leisure ...

UN experts call for sensitive and timely response to online gender-based abuse

New York, Mar 9 (Just Earth News): Urgent attention, creativity and cooperation are needed to address online gender-based abuse, but authorities should be careful to avoid curtailing freed ...

UN human rights experts call for global treaty to regulate dangerous pesticides

New York, Mar 8 (Just Earth News): Two United Nations human rights experts are calling for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farm ...

UN rights office disappointed with Thai Government’s refusal to criminalize enforced disappearance

UN rights office disappointed with Thai Government’s refusal to criminalize enforced disappearance

Germany: UN rights panel highlights racial profiling against people of African descent

New York, Feb 28 (Just Earth News): People of African descent in Germany suffer racial discrimination, Afrophobia and racial profiling in their daily lives, but their situation remains large ...

In Geneva, UN urges upholding human rights amid rising populism and extremism

New York, Feb 27 (Just Earth News): Disregard for human rights is a “disease,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday told the opening session of the UN Human Right ...