Climate crisis and migration: Greta Thunberg supports IOM over ‘life and death’ issue
António Vitorino, and Ms. Thunberg said they had “found much common ground” during a recent discussion about the impact of...
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Closure of Moscow Helsinki Group, ‘yet another blow to human rights’ in Russia: OHCHR
Maria Hurtado said in a statement that the judgement was just the latest “in a series of actions against civil...
Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk
“By nearly every feasible measurement, and in every area of human rights – economic, social and cultural, as much as...
Home, belonging, and the Holocaust
In 1933, Hitler began putting the party’s core racist and nationalist ideology into practice, identifying who could claim Germany as...
Sudan: Progress in Darfur militia leader trial, but Government cooperation wanes
Presenting his latest report, ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan updated ambassadors on proceedings against Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as...
Two-thirds of Yemenis need humanitarian support and protection
The UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA is calling for $4.3 billion to reach the 17.3 million most vulnerable people in...
Security Council: 12 years of war, leaves 70 per cent of Syrians needing aid
“As we move into 2023, the Syrian people remain trapped in a profound humanitarian, political, military, security, economic and human rights...
Human rights must be defended in the fight against terrorism: UN chief
Speaking at the ninth meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact in New York, he urged for all counter-terrorism policies...
Global growth forecast to slow to 1.9% in 2023, warn UN economists
This will be one of the lowest growth rates in recent decades, apart from during the 2007-8 financial crisis and...
Latin America, Caribbean ‘must step up’ to tackle rising hunger: FAO
According to the UN agency, between 2019 and 2021, the number of people who went hungry in the region increased...