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20 Dec 2011, 7:32 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Navi Pillay [official profile] on Monday condemned the brutal crackdown [press release] on protesters by military and security forces in Cairo. [read post]
31 May 2016, 1:20 pm
The UN Refuge Agency (UNHCR) [official website] reported [press release] Tuesday that more than 2,500 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean and enter into Europe in 2016, marking an increase from the previous year. [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 9:34 am
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) [advocacy website] released a report [text, PDF] Monday condemning an increase in civilian deaths in Afghanistan during the first half of 2017. [read post]
29 Mar 2016, 11:46 am
The UN Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) [official website] ruled [press release] on Monday that Argentina's maritime territory includes the area surrounding the Falkland Islands. [read post]
19 Mar 2011, 11:04 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] on Friday held a debate and adopted the outcomes [press release] from its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the US. [read post]
22 Aug 2011, 7:18 pm
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] on Tuesday voted 33-4 to adopt a resolution [draft text, PDF] ordering an investigation [press release] into crimes against humanity in Syria and urging the Syrian government once again to halt its violent crackdown against peaceful protesters. [read post]
5 Apr 2012, 10:46 am
[JURIST] The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Kyung-wha Kang [official profile] said Wednesday that Chad has made significant progress [press release] in its human rights improvements, but that the Chadian government must continue to work on key shortcomings in order to ensure the rights of its citizens. [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 6:53 am
[JURIST] The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on Monday called on [press release] all governments to make a concerted effort to fight against enforced disappearances. [read post]
1 Mar 2009, 8:15 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) [official website], tasked with investigating the February 14, 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri [JURIST news archive], officially began operating Sunday. [read post]
10 Dec 2010, 11:15 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Thursday criticized actions by governments and corporations to cut off funding to WikiLeaks [website; JURIST news archive], saying it could violate the website's rights to free expression. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 9:12 am
[JURIST] A group of UN independent experts on Thursday asked Venezuela's government to provide a clear answer to allegations of arbitrary detention and excessive force against journalists, media workers and demonstrators during the country's recent protests. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 8:04 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Tuesday expressed concern over reports of excessive force [press release] used by Bahraini security forces against citizen protesters. [read post]
31 May 2015, 7:06 am
[JURIST] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website], Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, on Saturday called on [press release] several states to investigate allegations that members of their peacekeeping forces sent to the Central African Republic (CAR) have committed serious human rights violations. [read post]
20 Jul 2015, 1:42 pm
The UN Security Council [official website] on Monday unanimously approved [Resolution 2331, PDF; press release] a nuclear agreement [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), text] with Iran, lifting some economic sanctions in exchange for the country reducing its nuclear program and allowing International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) [official website] inspections. [read post]
29 Aug 2015, 9:50 am
Following a briefing by UN Special Representative for Sexual Violence in Conflict Zainab Bangura [official website], the council emphasized that rape and other forms of "serious sexual violence" are war crimes and violate the Geneva convention [Red Cross backgrounder]. [read post]
26 Aug 2004, 11:02 am
Sudan will ignore the UN's August 30 deadline to end militia attacks in the Darfur region, but will instead resolve the crisis through African Union peace talks. [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 9:53 am
[JURIST] The UN General Assembly Thursday adopted [press release] the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [text], a non-binding treaty outlining the global human rights [JURIST news archive] of approximately 370 million indigenous people and bans discrimination against them. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 6:08 am
[JURIST] The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) [official website] of the UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted [press release] a resolution detailing its concerns with human rights violations in North Korea [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Apr 2011, 9:31 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official website; JURIST news archive] on Saturday urged [press release] Cambodia and Thailand to enter into a ceasefire agreement to resolve recent border clashes between the two countries. [read post]
1 Apr 2012, 11:28 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Friday called on India's government to take stronger measures to end extrajudicial and arbitrary executions [press release]. [read post]
