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Human Rights Committee Adopts Annual Report
27 March 2024
Meeting Summaries
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon adopted its annual report covering its one hundred and thirty-eighth, one hundred and thirty-ninth and one hundred and fortieth sessions.Tijana Šurlan, Committee Rapporteur, presented the draft annual report for the sessions. She said that as of March 2024, 174 States were parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.…
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OHCHR Press Conference
26 March 2024
Press Conference Announcement
Presentation of the report on obstacles to the implementation of the peace agreement in Colombia.
Antonia Urrejola, international human rights expert appointed to identify and verify obstacles to the implementation of the Colombia 2016 Peace Agreement.
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UN GENEVA PRESS BRIEFING
26 March 2024
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Division of Administration, the Food and Agricultural Organization, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization and the…
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UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces
26 March 2024
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) issued a new report on Tuesday, revealing a surge in credible allegations of torture and executions of captured Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) at the hands of Russian forces.
According to the Monitoring Mission,…
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Sexual exploitation and abuse: UN intensifying efforts to uphold victims' rights
26 March 2024
The UN received 758 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by staff last year, together with related personnel and partners, according to its latest report on the issue.
The findings published on Tuesday state that although progress has been made since…
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ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters 14th year
26 March 2024
When a group linked to the ISIL terror organization claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall on 22 March, one of the pretexts reportedly given for the killings was Russia’s engagement in the Syrian civil war, which has turned into a proxy war involving several foreign powers.…
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World News in Brief: Malnutrition crisis risk grows in Haiti, clashes in DR Congo, peacebuilding in Colombia
26 March 2024
An alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is heightening the risk of a malnutrition crisis in the country, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
Findings from the recent Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (…
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Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnight
26 March 2024
Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number of children killed overnight” and ongoing aid delivery obstacles that are responsible for near-famine conditions, UN humanitarians said.
The continuing violence…
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UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’
26 March 2024
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Tuesday issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and release of all hostages, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the occupied West Bank.
The call by Special…
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Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza
26 March 2024
There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday.
Francesca Albanese was speaking at the UN Human Rights…
