Human rights

Human rights and biodiversity: Key UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia

The UN biodiversity summit, formally COP16 or the 16th Conference of Parties to the UN Biodiversity Convention, officially opened in…

October 22, 2024

UN Security Council extends the sanctions regime on Haiti for one year

On Friday, the United Nations Security Council decided to extend for 1 year the sanctions regime in Haiti, including a…

October 20, 2024

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence targeted in drone attack, no casualties reported

On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home in Caesarea apparently became the target of a drone attack. The politician's…

October 19, 2024

Does Hamas leader’s death raise the prospect of a Gaza ceasefire?

US President Joe Biden is currently in Berlin on a high-profile trip. During his stay in the German capital, he…

October 18, 2024

Peace, sustainability, human rights: UN Secretary-General proposes $3.6 billion budget for 2025

UN Secretary-General Guterres on October 16 presented a $3.6 billion budget proposal for programmes in 2025, highlighting the Organisation's deepening…

October 17, 2024

‘There seems to be no end to the horrors that Palestinians in Gaza are forced to endure’

On Monday, UN Secretary-General Guterres condemned the significant number of civilians casualties inflicted by the intensifying Israeli military campaign in…

October 15, 2024

Yemen’s September 26 Revolution Day Overshadowed by Houthi Crackdown, Arbitrary Arrests

Human Rights Watch and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights (CIHRS) said today that dozens of people were arrested by…

October 15, 2024

Human shields? Haitian gangs recruiting poor and desperate children

Haiti has fallen into deep chaos and desperation ever since the assassination of its president, Jovenel Moise, in 2021. 5.4…

October 14, 2024

Venezuela Presidential Election: Nicolas Maduro government cancelling passports of activists and journalists?

Things are not back to the normal in Venezuela yet. The government has apparently cancelled the passports of dozens of…

October 14, 2024

UN chief Guterres condemns attacks against peacekeeping personnel in Lebanon

UN Secretary-General Guterres has raised serious concerns over the recent attacks against peacekeepers in Lebanon. He stressed that all peacekeeping…

October 12, 2024

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