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New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News): Important steps have been taken recently by several United Nations agencies in partnership with the European Union to help tackle malnutrition in Chad, especially in accessibility, availability and use of highly nutritious food for the most vulnerable, according to a joint news release. more
UN expert warns on Turkish government’s ‘draconian measures’ on freedoms of expression

New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of opinion and expression raised concerns over the Turkish Government’s widespread measur ...

Australia’s human rights record tainted by ‘regressive’ migration policies – UN expert

New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News): Concluding his first official visit to Australia, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants said the country’s human rights ...

Myanmar: UN urges aid access, warns of rights violations after 'lockdown' in northern Rakhine state

New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News): Deeply concerned about the safety and wellbeing of civilians in the northern part of Rakhine state in Myanmar, United Nations entities on Friday urged the ...

Do not betray the victims; stand by the Rome Statute and the ICC – UN human rights chief

New York, Nov 17 (Just Earth News): In the wake of three States withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, the top United Nations human rights official has underlined that there is n ...

Iraq: Citing 'numbing' extent of civilian suffering caused by ISIL, UN rights chief urges focus on victims' rights

New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): As mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave human rights abuses ...

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 ...

Liberian land rights defenders on run after threats from police

Washington, DC Nov 4 (Just Earth News): Alfred Brownell, a campaigner for the land rights of Liberia's local communities, and his staff at Green Advocates have gone underground after threats ...

Civilian deaths in Afghanistan in NATO airstrike deserve justice: Amnesty International

Mumbai, Nov 4 (Just Earth News): Slamming the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for civilian deaths in Afghanistan in an airstrike in Kunduz, the south Asian wing of Amnesty Internat ...

UN rights experts urge DR Congo to lift 'unjustified' ban on protests

New York, Nov 3 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern over what they called an “unjustified” ban on protests in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a gro ...