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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 country's authorities to take immediate actions to address humanitarian and human rights situations. more
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 ...

As Iraqi military prepares to enter Mosul, ISIL forcibly relocates thousands of civilians near city, UN warns

New York, Nov 2 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights wing on Tuesday received reports that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh) is attempting to forcibly tr ...

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 ...

New approaches required to prevent trafficking among conflict-induced migrants – UN human rights expert

New York, Nov 1 (Just Earth News): Governments need to adopt new approaches to human trafficking in light of conflict-induced migration increasing around the world and putting many more peop ...