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In Dialogue with Burkina Faso, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Electoral Quotas for Women, Raise Issues Concerning Alleged Human Rights Violations by Homeland Defence Volunteers and Potential Reinstatement of the Death Penalty

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home In Dialogue with Burkina Faso, Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Electoral Quotas for Women, Raise Issues Concerning Alleged Human Rights Violations by Homeland Defence Volunteers and Potential Reinstatement of the Death Penalty 06 March 2025 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Burkina Faso on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,…

Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Choose compassion, reject cruelty to end HIV, says top UN rights official 06 March 2025 © UNAIDS/Cynthia R Matonhodze A woman living with HIV receives medication at a hospital in Zimbabwe. Global efforts to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic continue to remain insufficient, with deadly consequences, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Thursday…

UN emergency aid fund releases $110 million for neglected humanitarian crises

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN emergency aid fund releases $110 million for neglected humanitarian crises 06 March 2025 © UNICEF/Eyad El Baba Children and their families in central Gaza receive winter clothes. Amid deep cuts to global humanitarian funding, the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund, CERF, on Thursday allocated $110 million to neglected crises across Africa, Asia and Latin America…

One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024 06 March 2025 © UN Women/Rossana Fraga Women in Brazil highlight the importance of access to sport. The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination to weaker legal protections -and less funding for programmes and institutions which support and…

Sudan: Access to stricken Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Sudan: Access to stricken Zamzam camp ‘is nearly impossible’ 06 March 2025 © UNICEF/Mohammed Jamal A caravan full of displaced families fleeing North Darfur's El Fasher in search of safety. Across Sudan, more than 12 million people have been driven from their homes. Civilians sheltering in the vast Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur region are now “nearly impossible” to…

Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Climate change: La Niña fades, as global heat keeps rising 06 March 2025 © WMO/Aster Niel Abellano WMO says the La Niña event is expected to be short-lived. The weak but significant La Niña weather event that began in December is likely to be brief, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced.…

UN Assembly President calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home UN Assembly President calls for just and lasting peace in Ukraine 06 March 2025 © UNOCHA/Yurii Veres A mother and her two daughters walk past damaged buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The President of the General Assembly on Thursday renewed his call for a just, lasting and comprehensive peace between Ukraine and Russia, in line with the UN Charter and the principles of sovereign equality and…

Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Yemen: ‘Fear of a return to full conflict is palpable’, says UN envoy 06 March 2025 © UNFPA Yemen Children play at an IDP camp in Yemen. After several years of fragile truce, there is a “palpable” fear of a return to all-out war in Yemen, said Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen Hans Grundberg on Thursday, briefing the Security Council…

Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Montenegro’s Measures Preventing Violence against Women, Raise Issues Concerning Corruption and Historic Human Rights Violations

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home Experts of the Human Rights Committee Commend Montenegro’s Measures Preventing Violence against Women, Raise Issues Concerning Corruption and Historic Human Rights Violations 05 March 2025 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Montenegro on how it implements the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.  Committee Experts commended the State for its measures…

OHCHR Press Conference- Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

1 month 2 weeks ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference- Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing 05 March 2025 Press Conference Announcement Who benefits from a manufactured migration crisis and what has that to do with the housing crisis? Embargoed until 7 March at 1 p.m. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing