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23 Feb 2018, 12:52 pm
A UN committee found [report, PDF] Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. [read post]
28 Jun 2006, 8:26 pm
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] has urged [press release] Nepal's Maoist Communist Party (CPN-M) [BBC profile; Wikipedia backgrounder] to end alleged abductions and other abuses committed by the party. [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 12:09 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Tuesday appointed a three-member panel [press release] to investigate allegations of human rights abuses during the last months of the Sri Lankan civil war [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 6:31 am
hola tengo una deuda con Banorte que la obtube en el 2008 y el ultimo pago que hice fue en el 2009 me estan amenazando con embargame que Hago la veradad yo tengo un desconocimiento total que puedo hacer la verdad no he pagado porque no tenia trabajo y ni los medio para pagar [read post]
21 Nov 2005, 6:52 pm
[JURIST] Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson [official profile] said in an interview with Reuters reported Monday that the US has lost international influence due to its position on the Iraq war and the its record on the rights of Guantanamo detainees [JURIST news archive], among other issues. [read post]
7 Jul 2006, 1:00 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council [official website] on Thursday denounced recent Israeli military operations [press release] in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and voted to approve a resolution [PDF text] calling on Israelis and Palestinians to refrain from violence against civilians, saying the Israeli offensive breaches international humanitarian law. [read post]
1 Nov 2006, 4:10 am
[JURIST] A UN human rights body has called the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoists (CPN-M) [party website] to stop its parallel law enforcement activities, which has resulted into "serious" human rights abuses in Nepal recently. [read post]
29 May 2014, 4:39 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Wednesday condemned [press release] the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman who was stoned to death in a so-called "honor killing. [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 1:15 pm
[JURIST] The UN Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] expressed concern on Friday that security forces in Guinea "committed serious human rights violations" [press release] in subduing demonstrations that took place this week ahead of the run-off presidential election scheduled for Sunday. [read post]
11 May 2007, 9:43 am
[JURIST] Sudan [JURIST news archive] may have violated international law by conducting "indiscriminate and disproportionate" air attacks in late April on at least five Darfur villages, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official profile]. [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 12:30 pm
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] announced [press release] on Tuesday the appointment of three "high-level experts" to lead the Commission of Inquiry charged with investigating allegations of human rights abuses in the Ivory Coast following elections. [read post]
23 Feb 2008, 10:39 am
[JURIST] An Iranian official with the country's Supreme National Security Council said Saturday that a potential UN Security Council [official website] resolution imposing new sanctions on Iran in connection with its nuclear activities would be "legally and technically baseless," according to the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA). [read post]
15 Nov 2005, 1:43 am
[JURIST] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the US Department of State made statements Monday condemning the non-appealable conviction [UNHCHR press release] of fifteen Uzbek men who were sentenced to 14-20 years in prison [JURIST report] for their involvement in the bloody uprisings in Andijan in May [HRW backgrounder]. [read post]
7 Jun 2009, 8:10 am
6-7-2009 Global: A leading arm of the United Nations working to spread the benefits of information technology today announced the launch of the first ever tuition-free online university.As part of this year's focus on education, the UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technology and Development (GAID) presented the newly formed University of the People, a non-profit institution [read post]
16 Oct 2017, 10:00 am
A group of UN human rights experts on Monday urged [press release] Kenya to lift a new ban on protests and refrain from violence against protesters in the build up to the national elections. [read post]
12 Sep 2005, 4:40 am
[JURIST] Intensive talks directed at salvaging a consensus draft document for the 2005 United Nations World Summit [official website] broke down Monday over differences on human rights and management reform, according to a spokesman for the US UN mission [official website]. [read post]
18 Jul 2016, 8:37 am
[JURIST] A group of international human rights experts, including UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. [read post]
14 Dec 2021, 3:00 am
“Estos casos de corrupción pública usualmente uno los ve radicados a nivel federal en Puerto Rico porque existen más herramientas a nivel federal que estatal para poder investigar estos casos”, dijo la exfiscal federal María Domínguez en un aparte con Microjuris. [read post]
27 Dec 2004, 3:23 pm
[JURIST] Nearly 6250 candidates have registered for Iraq's national assembly election next month, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has reported. [read post]
3 Feb 2007, 8:18 am
[JURIST] The head of the UN Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) [official website] expressed concern Saturday about increased human rights violations by security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo [JURIST news archive], particularly those in the remote eastern portions of the country. [read post]
