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New York, Dec 24 (Just Earth News): Concluding a ten-day visit to Mexico, the United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture urged the authorities to redouble its efforts to fight impunity and to immediately adopt the General Law on Torture, in full conformity with relevant international standards. more
Majority of trafficking victims are women and girls; one-third children – new UN report

New York, Dec 22 (Just Earth News): According to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the vast majority of all human trafficking victims – some 71 per ce ...

‘The price of no change is unacceptable’ – UN and civil society global campaigns aim to end violence against women

New York, Dec 11 (Just Earth News): A global effort to end violence against women is now underway: 16 days of activism began on 25 November with the International Day for the Elimination of ...

‘Stand up for someone’s rights on Friday,’ UN urges on Human Rights Day

New York, Dec 10 (Just Earth News): Upholding human rights is in the interest of all and are at the heart of the work and identify of the United Nations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has st ...

UN rights expert urges Australians to stand up against country's 'alarming' hate speech and racism

New York, Dec 8 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights expert on contemporary forms of racism on Wednesday urged all Australians – from the Government to the media and civil so ...

UN Women’s ‘Orange the World’ kicks off 16 days of activism to fight gender-based violence

New York, Nov 22 (Just Earth News): The extent to which violence is embedded in society means that uprooting it is everyone’s job, senior United Nations official said on Monday, lamenting ...

One year on, UN experts urge Brazil to urgently boost efforts to address impacts of dam collapse

New York, Nov 5 (Just Earth News): Voicing concern over the many pressing human rights impacts on some six million people since the worst mine disaster occurred in Brazil one year ago, a gro ...

UN rights office concerned at continuing hostilities in both western and eastern Aleppo

New York, Nov 1 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday expressed concern that all parties in Aleppo are conducting hostilities which are resulting in large numb ...

UN expert urges international community to continue to address human rights challenges in Myanmar

New York, Oct 29 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, called upon the international community on Friday to not forget about ongoi ...

UN expert panel cites crimes against humanity committed by Eritrean authorities dating back 25 years

New York, Oct 28 (Just Earth News): Eritrean officials have committed crimes against humanity since 1991, including enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, other inhuman ...