Responding to the dramatic development, head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees Philippe Lazzarini described it as an “unprecedented attack” against the UN, whose […]
Tag: HumanRights
Prison breaks and renewed clashes raise alarm in northeast Syria
Secretary-General António Guterres is following the continuing violence “with great concern,” Deputy UN Spokesperson Farhan Haq said on Tuesday in New York. The Secretary-General called for full respect for international law and the protection […]
Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
Briefing ambassadors, ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan said the situation in Darfur had “darkened even further,” with civilians subjected to what she described as […]
‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition
The UN advocates for the universal abolition of the death penalty. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by 175 countries, protects the right to life […]
UN rights chief bears witness to trauma and resilience in Sudan
Volker Türk was speaking in the Kenyan capital at the end of a five-day mission to Sudan, where “a chronicle of cruelty is unfolding before […]
Amid Sudan’s humanitarian crisis, Chad shows ‘act of solidarity’
That’s according to UN human rights chief Volker Türk, who had discussions with over 40 leaders of Sudanese civil society in Northern State’s capital, Dongola, […]
Iran: UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ to avert more death, wider escalation
Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee briefed an emergency meeting of the Security Council in New York called by the United States to address the crisis. Ms. […]
In Gaza, 800,000 people now live in dangerous locations prone to flooding
In her family’s shelter, the ground is soaked and her children cannot sleep. “Our situation is extremely difficult, and we want someone to help us, […]
UN chief warns of a world in chaos as impunity and unpredictability spreads
Speaking in the General Assembly, he said the global system was under unprecedented strain from wars, division, climate breakdown and the erosion of respect for […]
The UN is ‘worth fighting for’: General Assembly President
Annalena Baerbock noted that the New Year began with crises in Venezuela and Iran, with the international community “at an even more urgent make-or-break moment” than when the landmark session began […]
