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‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home ‘Dire year’ for children caught in conflict, as hospital and school attacks double 27 June 2023 © UNICEF/Diego Ibarra Sánchez A girl walks through rubble in the courtyard of a school destroyed by bombing in Chernihiv, Ukraine. (file) Violations of international law regarding children and armed conflict continued to have a “devastating impact”, the UN’s top official on the issue said on…

WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home WHO: ‘Long COVID’ may obstruct return to normal life for 36 million Europeans 27 June 2023 ADB/T. Гиорбелидзе «Гендерное равенство в науке жизненно важно для построения лучшего будущего для всех». While no longer a global emergency, COVID-19’s lasting effects alongside such other threats as mpox and seasonal heat waves may still prove challenging for Europe through the summer months, the…

AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants         

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Concludes Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants          26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this afternoon held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, and concluded an interactive dialogue with…

MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Starts Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home MORNING - Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, and Starts Dialogue on the Human Rights of Migrants 26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries   The Human Rights Council this morning held an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and started an…

Preventing ‘contagion of atrocities’ hinges on responsibility to protect

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Preventing ‘contagion of atrocities’ hinges on responsibility to protect 26 June 2023 TANBAT6/Kapteni Mwijage The Tanzania Peacekeeping Force, TANBAT 6 serving under the UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) provides clean water to communities in Berberati in Mambéré-Kadéï region. For “countless civilians” caught in current conflicts around the world, taking…

UN refugee agency predicts spike in resettlement needs next year

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home UN refugee agency predicts spike in resettlement needs next year 26 June 2023 © UNHCR/Lilly Carlisle Refugees from Kiziba camp in Rwanda prepare for resettlement to Norway. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is anticipating a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for next year.…

Horn of Africa: Around 60 million in urgent humanitarian need

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Horn of Africa: Around 60 million in urgent humanitarian need 26 June 2023 世界粮食计划署/Melese Awoke 世界粮食计划署继续在埃塞俄比亚索马里地区分发粮食。 Climate, armed conflict, high food prices and post-COVID-19 economic fall-out have caused record food insecurity in the Horn of Africa, with an estimated 60 million urgently in need of help, UN humanitarian agencies warned on Monday.…

Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Security in eastern DR Congo continues to worsen, Security Council hears 26 June 2023 MONUSCO UN peacekeepers patrol the village of Logo in Djugu territory in eastern DR Congo. A senior UN official warned the Security Council on Monday that the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued to deteriorate over the past three months, despite a lull in fighting…

Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Torture as a weapon of war must cease, rights experts demand 26 June 2023 © Unsplash/Marcin Czerniawski Torture is a crime under international law, (file) UN rights experts marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on Monday, by reiterating their call for an “absolute prohibition” on the use of torture during armed conflict, calling also for a push to end the…

Human Rights Committee Opens One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session

1 year 10 months ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Opens One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Session 26 June 2023 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this morning opened its one hundred and thirty-eighth session in Geneva, during which it will examine the reports of Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, Cyprus, Lesotho, the State of Palestine and Uganda, on their implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political…