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8 Apr 2015, 12:07 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Chaloka Beyani [official profile] on Wednesday urged [press release] the international community to prepare itself for the "massive displacement and humanitarian crisis" that could come as a result of civilians fleeing the fighting in Yemen, stating that they must prepare for a worst case scenario. [read post]
11 Aug 2006, 6:53 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council [official website] in an emergency special session [materials; JURIST report] in Geneva Friday adopted by majority vote a resolution [draft, PDF text] condemning Israel for violating international human rights laws in the ongoing Middle East conflict [JURIST news archive] involving Lebanon. [read post]
20 Oct 2009, 12:56 am
[JURIST] Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai [BBC profile, JURIST news archive] on Tuesday agreed to a runoff election against challenger Abdullah Abdullah [BBC profile] after the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) [official website] announced [press release, PDF] Monday that it had invalidated [ECC materials] election results from 210 polling stations in Afghanistan's disputed August [read post]
2 Aug 2012, 12:33 pm
The Nigeria decision [UN News Centre report] came a year after UNEP first released a report finding that the 50-year oil operation around the region led to contamination of drinking water and created fire hazards through oil leaks, and is likely to spread out in other areas if not... [read post]
24 Sep 2005, 6:20 pm
[JURIST] Delegates to the International Atomic Energy Agency [official website] board of governors meeting [JURIST report] concluding in Vienna Saturday adopted a resolution that for the first time declares Iran in "non-compliance" with safeguards set under the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) [text], a move that allows the IAEA to refer Iran to the UN Security Council for the [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 10:16 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Thursday expressed concern [press release] over proposed legislation in Israel that would retroactively legalize the Israeli outposts constructed on privately-owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. [read post]
31 Aug 2016, 2:20 pm
A group of UN experts on Wednesdayurged authorities [press release] in Sudan to drop death penalty charges against six members of the Khartoum Center for Training and Human Development (TRACKS). [read post]
15 Feb 2014, 7:29 am
[JURIST] A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday called on [press release] all parties involved in the violent protests in Venezuela to open dialogue to resolve the situation after three were killed in demonstrations on Wednesday. [read post]
2 Nov 2014, 8:20 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] on Friday called on [press release] UN peacekeepers and Congolese authorities to protect the country's civilians from armed rebels that are considered extremely dangerous. [read post]
2 Aug 2015, 11:29 am
[JURIST] Iraq's Parliament [official website] on Sunday warned that the UN decision to close many of the country's health clinics will have a "profound effect" on its people. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 9:04 am
[JURIST] The actions of the Islamic State (IS) [JURIST backgrounder] in Iraq may amount to genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] reported [press release] Thursday. [read post]
13 Feb 2006, 5:09 am
[JURIST] Members of the UN Stabilization Force in Haiti [official website] have fired on Haitians protesting election results [AP report], killing at least one protester and injuring four. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 9:30 am
[JURIST] The acting head of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti [official website] said Tuesday that while conditions are currently stable, the Haitian people must turn in the thousands of prisoners that escaped [JURIST report] when the January 12 earthquake [JURIST news archive] destroyed prisons and jails. [read post]
26 Nov 2014, 6:24 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers [official website] Gabriela Knaul [official profile] on Tuesday urged [press release] the government of East Timor to reconsider the dismissing of international judges and prosecutors. [read post]
5 Feb 2015, 7:56 am
[JURIST] Members of the Islamic State (IS) [JURIST backgrounder] are abducting Iraqi children and engaging in serious human rights abuses, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child [official website] reported [materials] Wednesday. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 8:24 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Tuesday renewed calls [press release] for womens and girls to be given equal access to education. [read post]
21 Jun 2015, 9:32 am
[JURIST] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [official website] on Thursday warned [UN Report] of the record high number of refugees around the world as a result of increasing global conflicts. [read post]
5 Jun 2016, 12:56 pm
The Philippines filed a case [materials] against the People's Republic of China with the UN Permanent Court of Arbitration [official website] in 2013 disputing the latter's territorial claims in the South China Sea (SCS). [read post]
19 Sep 2004, 3:25 am
The IAEA, serving as a watchdog for the UN Security Council, has been closely monitoring Iran's development of nuclear technology. [read post]
20 May 2008, 9:53 am
[JURIST] Doudou Diene [OAS profile; OHCHR backgrounder], the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance, is visiting the US this week to gather first-hand information on issues of race relations [UNHCHR press release]. [read post]
