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13 Apr 2018, 3:09 pm
[JURIST] The foreign secretary of Bangladesh and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [official website] signed [press release] a Memorandum of Understanding on Friday to cement their agreement that Rohingya refugees should be able to voluntarily return to Myanmar when the country's conditions improve. [read post]
6 Dec 2015, 12:06 pm
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] condemned [press release] Boko Haram on Sunday for the group's alleged involvement in a triple suicide attack on the Chadian island of Koulfoua on Lake Chad Saturday that left more than 30 dead and injured over 130. [read post]
6 Jul 2012, 7:04 am
The unanimously adopted resolution [UN News Centre report] addresses continued humanitarian concerns and discourages rebel groups from associating with Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a listed terrorist oraganization. [read post]
27 Aug 2015, 7:37 am
[JURIST] A panel of United Nations (UN) [official website] experts told the Security Council [report, PDF; press release] Tuesday that there has been increased hostility and violence in South Sudan since the adoption of a resolution imposing sanctions on the country [resolution 2206 (2015) backgrounder]. [read post]
11 Apr 2018, 11:41 am
A UN report [text, PDF] published Tuesday detailed [press release] the conditions of thousands of people are being held in Libya, describing them as human rights violations. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 12:28 pm
[JURIST] UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) President Ambassador Joachim Ruecker on Tuesday appointed [press release] a new chairperson to head the Inquiry into the Gaza conflict after the former chairperson resigned. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 9:39 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday urged the Syrian government to end their violent crackdown [press release] on protesters and permit an independent investigation into the current situation in the country. [read post]
28 Mar 2014, 11:05 am
[JURIST] The UN General Assembly (GA) [official website] called upon nations to ensure military drones are used in accordance with international law in a resolution passed on Friday. [read post]
28 Jun 2014, 6:38 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council [official website] on Friday adopted a resolution [press release] establishing a commission of inquiry to investigate alleged human rights abuses in Eritrea. [read post]
11 Nov 2014, 12:07 pm
I noted recently some additions to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 5:31 am
A group of UN experts for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] urged [press release] the government of the Philippines on Monday to address reports of human rights violations that include threats against indigenous people, murder and the summary execution of children. [read post]
25 Apr 2018, 11:05 am
The UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the African Union [official websites] agreed on Tuesday to cooperate [communiqué, PDF] on numerous human rights goals in an effort "to explore and develop joint approaches to preventing and addressing human rights abuses and violations. [read post]
30 Oct 2010, 10:17 am
[JURIST] The tenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) [official website] on Saturday concluded its proceedings with delegates agreeing [press release, PDF] to the Nagoya Protocol. [read post]
6 Jun 2018, 8:26 am
UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Phillip Alston [official website] on Monday accused [report, PDF] the US of criminalizing being poor [press release]. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 10:59 am
The UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) [official website] on Monday denounced [press release] the arrest of 30 opposition party members as part of a crackdown by President Joseph Kabila's [BBC profile] government. [read post]
9 May 2009, 3:59 am
[JURIST] The UN Environment Programme [official website], meeting in Geneva on Saturday, decided to add nine chemicals [press release] to its list of banned chemicals under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) [official website]. [read post]
2 Nov 2014, 9:13 am
[JURIST] The UN on Sunday observed the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists after the resolution [report, PDF] to do so was adopted in December of last year. [read post]
8 Mar 2017, 9:34 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] presented his annual report [text, PDF] on Wednesday to the Human Rights Council [official website]. [read post]
3 Jul 2008, 11:32 pm
[JURIST] US Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad [official profile] submitted a draft resolution in the UN Security Council [official website] Thursday calling for sanctions against Zimbabwe's newly reinstalled president Robert Mugabe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and eleven of his government and security aides. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 12:45 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Friday expressed alarm over reports of rights abuses in Iraq [press release] as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) [BBC backgrounder] forces have seized control of several cities. [read post]
