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8 Feb 2016, 9:36 am
The Syrian government is systematically exterminating detainees, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] reported [text, PDF] Monday. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 8:23 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] reported [report, PDF] Friday that at least 191,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict —almost double the number from last year's report. [read post]
28 Apr 2006, 1:17 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [JURIST news archive] has expressed concern at the human rights situation in Ethiopia [JURIST news archive] after making a brief first-hand assessment in a visit earlier this week and holding talks with government and civil society representatives on how to address human rights challenges in the country. [read post]
4 Apr 2009, 5:07 am
[JURIST] The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs [official website] on Friday strongly criticized [AFP report] the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] investigation into possible war crimes that were committed during recent fighting in the Gaza Strip [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
20 Oct 2005, 3:32 am
[JURIST] Australia is urging the UN Security Council to put Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe [official website] on trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] for crimes against his own people. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 9:33 am
[JURIST] The UN Development Programme (UNDP), in coordination with the UNAIDS Secretariat [official websites], on Thursday launched the Global Commission on HIV and the Law [press release] in order to better understand the role played by the law in facilitating universal access to AIDS prevention and treatment. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 9:15 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana [official profile] on Thursday urged the government of Myanmar to investigate human rights abuses and improve its rights record [press release]. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 9:29 am
[JURIST] The UN envoy for Children and Armed Conflict [official website] on Monday urged [press release] all nations to ratify a treaty protocol that would criminalize recruitment of child soldiers and set the minimum age of recruitment at 18. [read post]
25 Jan 2017, 10:30 am
UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst [official profile] delivered a preliminary report [statement] on Tuesday recommending to authorities in Mexico on how to improve the protection of human rights defenders. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 11:06 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] voted Wednesday to impose a fourth round of sanctions on Iran [press release] for failure to disband the nation's uranium enrichment program. [read post]
31 Aug 2004, 12:58 pm
The UN committee monitoring sanctions against al-Qaida has said that sanctions against the terrorist group must be strengthened or face irrelevancy, the New York Times reported Tuesday. [read post]
23 May 2007, 9:26 am
[JURIST] The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) [official website] has issued a report [DOC text] criticizing Japan's justice system on a wide range of issues at the conclusion of its 38th Session [official website]. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 6:41 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday called for an investigation [press release] into torture allegations against Ukraine following widespread arrests of protesters, which have since been offered amnesty. [read post]
16 Feb 2011, 9:28 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] voiced [press release] Wednesday the need for Bahrain to respect the rights of demonstrators. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 12:47 pm
[JURIST] The UN on Friday announced its approval [press release] of the arrest of a former top Guatemalan military figure accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 12:04 pm
[JURIST] UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos [official profile] spoke on behalf of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs [official website] and encouraged [press release] the world on Sunday to do more to aid the besieged communities in Syria [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
14 Feb 2015, 9:06 am
[JURIST] The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances [official website] published a report Friday detailing [report, PDF, in Spanish] concluding observations on the large number of recent disappearances in Mexico. [read post]
26 Jan 2016, 10:43 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Monday unanimously approved a resolution [text] authorizing the creation of political peace mission in Colombia to monitor the disarmament between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC). [read post]
24 Mar 2005, 3:48 pm
[JURIST] France said Thursday that it will delay a UN Security Council [official website] vote on its proposed resolution that would ensure that any Darfur war crimes trials are held at the International Criminal Court [official website]. [read post]
9 Oct 2014, 9:18 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] warned [report, PDF; press release] Wednesday that, despite the fragile ceasefire in eastern Ukraine [BBC backgrounder], abuses such as abductions, torture and ill-treatment still affect local civilians daily. [read post]
