U.N. Human Rights leader wants 'reckoning' for alleged war crimes
The U.N. Human Rights Office says Hamas and Israeli forces have committed war crimes and should face a "reckoning" for war ...
Nearly 70% of Verified Gaza War Dead Women and Children, UN Rights Office Says
GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war ...
Most opposition parties ditch UN climate change conference in Azerbaijan, citing human rights concerns
Most of the opposition parties on Parliament Hill are ditching the high-profile annual United Nations conference on climate ...
Around 70% of deaths in Gaza are women and children, says UN
Several United Nations agencies are again sounding the alarm on the rapid deterioration of humanitarian conditions in much of ...
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Can the UN Human Rights Council Protect Rights While Abusers Sit at the Table?
States with abysmal human rights records seek election to the UN Human Rights Council not to advance human rights but to ...
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UN rights office releases report detailing ‘horrific violations’ in Gaza, calls for ‘reckoning’
The UN Human Rights Office released a report Friday detailing six months of war in Gaza from November 2023 to April 2024 while denouncing the 'horrific' suffering incurred by Israel and Palestinian ...
UN rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories says she was ‘snubbed’ by Canadian government
Francesca Albanese was visiting Canada to urge the Trudeau government to increase pressure on Israel to end its war in Gaza.
Western envoys concerned about arrests and disappearances as Kenya takes UN rights council seat
Western envoys in Kenya have raised concerns over reports of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances and urged for ...
Report on 2034 World Cup bidders Saudi Arabia is ‘flawed’, say 11 human rights groups
The groups have rounded on Clifford Chance, a global law firm who produced a 39-page document on Saudi Arabia that was ...
Arab Business And Human Rights Dialogue Commits To Strengthen Efforts To Implement UN Guiding Principles
There was also an agreement to prioritize enhancing the capacity of governments, businesses, civil society organizations, ...
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Rights Groups Voice Key Concerns About FIFA’s Independent Human Rights Context Assessment of Saudi Arabia
A flawed human rights assessment of Saudi Arabia’s FIFA 2034 World Cup bid by AS&H Clifford Chance, part of the global ...
NGOs seek UN emergency rights meeting, investigation on Lebanon
A group of NGOs pressed countries on Wednesday to hold an emergency session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into abuses committed by both sides of the ...