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A UN special advisor expressed grave concern Tuesday over the rising threat of genocide and related crimes in Ethiopia. [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 1:46 pm by Tate Brown
” The UN Special Rapporteur also stated that the proposed legislation “unduly undermines human rights. [read post]
The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg warned the UN Security Council on Thursday that continuous fighting between warring sides in Yemen risks the country of returning to full-scale conflict. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 2:22 pm
Ando con el tiempo contado y la concentración un tanto dispersa, todo como consecuencia de los apuros que nunca faltan cuando se está a punto de emprender un viaje.Debe ser por eso mismo que no di pie con bola a la hora de tratar de escribir la entrada que quería publicar antes de irme. [read post]
18 Apr 2005, 7:57 pm
[JURIST] Following heated confirmation hearings last week, a showdown vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee [committee website] is set for Tuesday over John Bolton [official profile], President Bush's nominee for the UN ambassador. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 6:21 am
[JURIST] Australian  Minister of Indigenous Affairs  Jenny Macklin  [official profile] announced Friday that the country has endorsed  [statement]  the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [text, PDF]. [read post]
23 Mar 2006, 7:06 pm
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) [official website] on Thursday urged the Iraqi government [press release] to take steps to "assert control over the security forces and all armed groups" in the country, noting that there has been an increase in allegations of "death squads," summary executions and torture during the first two months of 2006. [read post]
6 Aug 2004, 12:28 pm
Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir reported to the UN Sub-Commission on Human Rights Friday that evidence shows the Sudanese government is largely responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 11:43 am
[JURIST] The Bangladesh Supreme Court Monday sentenced UN Special Rapporteur Sigma Huda [official profile, DOC] to a three-year jail term for her involvement in a corruption scheme headed by her husband, former Bangladeshi Communications Minister Nazmul Huda. [read post]
18 Apr 2005, 12:24 pm
[JURIST] Following up on a story reported last week in JURIST's Paper Chase, two Houston oil executives pleaded not guilty Monday in a Manhattan federal court to charges of defrauding the UN Oil-For-Food program [JURIST news archive] and paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 1:38 am
[JURIST] The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] on Thursday invalidated ballots from last month's presidential election from certain polls in Kandahar, Ghazni, and Paktika [press releases, PDF] provinces. [read post]
29 Nov 2005, 3:08 pm
[JURIST] Louis Joinet, a UN official assigned to oversee the human rights conditions in Haiti [JURIST news archive], on Tuesday sharply criticized the Haitian justice system for detaining hundreds of people without charge, including Reverend Gerard Jean-Juste [BBC report], a political leader and member of the political party of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide [BBC profile]. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 1:17 pm
[JURIST] The anti-Syrian majority in the Lebanon [JURIST news archive] parliament on Tuesday approved a petition asking UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] to create a tribunal [JURIST news archive] to investigate the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
29 May 2005, 10:48 am
[JURIST] A month-long conference at the United Nations to review the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty [UN backgrounder] ended Friday with no consensus. [read post]
2 Dec 2009, 12:59 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Tuesday condemned [press release] Switzerland's ban on building minarets [JURIST report], a type of tower associated with Islamic mosques. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 5:38 am by Clausula
HOLA, EN DIAS PASADOS RECIBI NOTIFICACIONES POR PARTE DE UN TAL LIC. [read post]
27 Jul 2005, 11:20 am
[JURIST] The UN High Commission for Refugees [official website] began airlifting Uzbek refugees from Kyrgyzstan Wednesday amidst concerns for their safety there [JURIST report]. [read post]