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New York, Oct 28 (Just Earth News): Eritrean officials have committed crimes against humanity since 1991, including enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, other inhumane acts, persecution, rape and murder, a member of the former United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the country reported to UN Member States. more
UN rights experts call on US to abolish mandatory detention of migrants

New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention completed a two-week visit to the United States on Monday and called upon the Governmen ...

UN human rights expert calls upon Afghan Government to urgently address displacement crisis

New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on Thursday urged the Government of Afghanistan and the i ...

UN experts concerned about situation of jailed anti-slavery activists in Mauritania

New York, Oct 20 (Just Earth News): Voicing serious concern over recent intensified crackdown by the Mauritanian Government on the imprisoned anti-slavery activists, a group of United Nation ...

UN human rights experts outline steps to strengthen prohibition, prevention of torture

New York, Oct 19 (Just Earth News): Following a discussion with the main committee of the United Nations General Assembly responsible for social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues ...

‘Seriously concerned’ by situation in Jammu and Kashmir, UN rights chief urges de-escalation of tensions

New York, Oct 5(Just Earth News): The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, is seriously concerned about the human rights situation in Indian-administer ...

UN torture prevention body urges Kazakhstan to enhance prisoner rehabilitation

New York, Oct 3(Just Earth News): The United Nations’ torture prevention body has urged Kazakhstan to focus more on the rehabilitation of prisoners rather than punishment, as part of effor ...

UN Human Rights Council discusses situations in DR Congo, Libya, Ukraine and Burundi

New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): At interactive dialogues on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Libya Ukraine, and Burundi, senior UN human rights officials and independent expe ...

UN rights experts urge Pakistan authorities to halt execution of man with disability

New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): Four United Nations human rights experts on Tuesday urged authorities in Pakistan to halt the execution of Imdad Ali, a man with a psychosocial disabilit ...

New UN report reveals millions of refugee children ‘missing out’ on education

New York, Sept 16 (Just Earth News): In a new report, the United Nations refugee agency said that more than some six million school-age children under its mandate have no school go to and th ...