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New York, Oct 29 (Just Earth News): The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, has declared that Israel is denying Palestine’s right to development by creating rampant poverty, “epic” unemployment, and economic stagnation. more
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 ...

Nearly 8,000 families abducted by ISIL from Mosul vicinity – UN rights office

New York, Oct 28 (Just Earth News): Credible reports suggest that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) has been forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes in sub- ...

Destruction of cultural heritage is an attack on people and their fundamental rights – UN expert

New York, Oct 28 (Just Earth News): When cultural heritage is under attack, it is also the people and their fundamental human rights that are under attack, a United Nations expert warned the ...

UN statistics forum addresses efforts to support Global Goal on gender equality

New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): On Monday marks the start of the 6th Global Forum on Gender Statistics, a two day event in Helsinki, Finland, that will highlight ways to improve data on ...

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 ...

Ban hopes South Africa will ‘reconsider’ decision to withdraw from International Criminal Court

New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has regretted the decision of the South African Government to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the Internati ...

Perception that refugees are more prone to radicalization wrong and dangerous – UN rights expert

New York, Oct 25 (Just Earth News): Presenting his new report to the General Assembly, the United Nations expert on counter-terrorism and human rights has warned that migration policies whic ...

UN expert panel warns of systemic anti-Black racism in Canada’s criminal justice system

New York, Oct 22 (Just Earth News): A group of United Nations human rights experts on Friday expressed serious concerns about systemic anti-Black racism in the criminal justice system in Can ...

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 ...