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Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Fortieth Session, Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and the United Kingdom

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Concludes One Hundred and Fortieth Session, Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and the United Kingdom 28 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded its one hundred and fortieth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and the United Kingdom.José Manuel Santos Pais, Committee…

OHCHR Press Conference

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home OHCHR Press Conference 28 March 2024 Press Conference Announcement UN Human Rights Committee hybrid press conference to present findings on Chile, Guyana, Indonesia, Namibia, Serbia, Somalia and the UK José Manuel Santos Pais (Vice-Chair)Hélène Tigroudja (Committee Member)Carlos Gómez Martínez (Committee Member)

Bold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in Haiti

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Bold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in Haiti 28 March 2024 © CAPAC/Jean Vadler Presume Children in Haiti line up for a hot meal and water distributed by WFP in Port-au-Prince. Immediate and bold action is required to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Thursday.…

Russia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Russia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich 28 March 2024 © The Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Russia must immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained without evidence for a year, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.…

World News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues Malawi

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home World News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues Malawi 28 March 2024 UN Photo/Evan Schneider Security Council members vote on a draft resolution on the mandate renewal of the 1718 Committee Panel of Experts monitoring the sanctions imposed by the Security Council on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A United States…

New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees 28 March 2024 © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo South Sudanese refugees living in Kenya's Kakuma camp buy produce to sell from a farm run by both Kenyans and refugees. The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees in five African countries…

Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens 28 March 2024 © ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek The International Court of Justice delivers its ruling in the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to…

Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end 28 March 2024 © UNRWA A young boy waits to collect water in Gaza. Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday…

Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home Human Rights Committee Adopts Reports on Follow-Up to Concluding Observations Concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan 27 March 2024 Meeting Summaries The Human Rights Committee today adopted reports on follow-up to concluding observations concerning Finland, Paraguay, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.Imeru Tamerat Yigezu, Committee Expert and the Special Rapporteur on follow-up to concluding observations, presented the assessment of the responses provided by Finland,…

New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

1 year 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home New Permanent Representative of Venezuela Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva 27 March 2024 Presentation of Credentials Alexander Gabriel Yánez Deleuze, the new Permanent Representative of Venezuela to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.Prior to his appointment to…