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2 Apr 2014, 6:31 am
He also spoke to what he considered to be failures of the UN Security Council, including certain... [read post]
20 May 2016, 7:48 am
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Friday condemned [press release] Iranian authorities for the sentencing of Nargis Mohammadi, an anti-death penalty activist. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 8:01 am
While details are somewhat unclear, the UN believes that Mexican officials stopped a freight train headed north in Oaxaca, detained approximately 90 migrants, and allowed the remaining individuals to continue on the train. [read post]
12 Apr 2015, 9:24 am
[JURIST] The UN announced on Saturday that the Commissioner General of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) [official website] will make an urgent trip [press release] to Yarmouk, a Syrian refugee camp that has fallen under control of the Islamic State (IS). [read post]
2 Oct 2014, 1:49 pm
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official websites] jointly released [press release] a report [text, PDF] on Thursday, detailing the staggering amount of human rights abuses that have occurred under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) [BBC backgrounder, JURIST news archive]. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 9:30 am
As the UN is based in New York, this US decision bars the nominee [BBC report] from taking up and carrying out the role of ambassador. [read post]
12 Feb 2016, 8:35 am
In a report [materials] to the UN Human Rights Council, Wibinso claimed [Reuters report] that there have been 157 Palestinians killed and 5,680 Palestinians improperly detained as of last October. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 12:20 pm
UN Secretary General’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric [official profile] explained the situation. [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 7:22 am
Arbour reportedly did not specify a reason for her decision, but said she plans to make it official in an address to the UN [read post]
26 Mar 2014, 9:38 am
The OHCHR reportedly takes issue with the court's failure [UN News Centre report] to offer more than perfunctory procedural protections, in violation of international law. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 11:30 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] voiced concern [UN News Centre report] on Friday regarding recent events in Egypt, "including the military trial and jailing of a blogger/activist. [read post]
3 Jul 2016, 2:24 pm
Supporters of the initiative referenced the recent violence against LGBT individuals in Orlando, Florida, and stressed that the UN must give a voice to those discriminated for their... [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 9:51 am
According to the UN, approximately 40,000 Tawarghans were forcefully evacuated in 2011 due to their support for the country's former leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC profile] and their return has since been blocked by armed militia groups acting... [read post]
6 Jun 2014, 7:46 am
[JURIST] Officials from the UN Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia addressed [press release; video] the UN Security Council Thursday to discuss the work that has been achieved as the tribunals mark 20 years of existence in 2014 and begin the process of closing by the end of the year. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 5:24 am
Newly-appointed UN Independent Expert on the Protection against Violence and Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Vitit Muntarbhorn named five key areas for change: decriminalizing same-sex relationships, no longer treating LGBTI people as... [read post]
4 Jun 2011, 2:16 pm
The troops have looted and ransacked much of the area, including UN food stores and facilities. [read post]
18 Feb 2016, 8:38 am
Due to the civil war in the country, 198,440 Sudanese people reside at various UN protection sites, and more than 47,000 displaced persons reside at the Malakal protection site where the violent interaction, which resulted in multiple... [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 10:40 am
[JURIST] Human rights violations by Syrian government forces "far outweigh" those by armed rebel groups, UN human rights chief Navi Pillay [official profile] told the UN Security Council [official website] on Tuesday. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 6:35 am
According to AI, the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) provided Harun a helicopter so he could attend... [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 12:09 pm
When presenting his annual report [text, PDF] on the situation of human rights in Cambodia to the UN Human Rights Council... [read post]
