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Headlines From Around the World World Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on the Deteriorating Human Rights Situation in Ukraine and Closes Special Session (OHCHR) High Commissioner to Special Session of the Human Rights Council on Ukraine: Many of the Allegations of Violations of International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Ukraine May Amount to War […]
World Champion of women’s right to manage land and forests wins top environment prize (UN News) A look at some of the world’s toughest abortion laws (Aljazeera) No ‘Dignity and Pride’ in World Cup Labor Abuses (Human Rights Watch) Ending the gender digital divide is critical to the full enjoyment of women’s rights says UN […]
Headlines From Around the World World Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Sixth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Cameroon, Estonia, Luxembourg and Kazakhstan (OHCHR) European-Central Asian Regional Forum on Minority Issues to spotlight stronger rights protection for 30th anniversary of UN Declaration on Minorities (OHCHR) UN Child […]
Headlines From Around the World World Human Rights Council discusses the situation of human rights in Syria and the involvement of the United Nations in Myanmar (OHCHR) Human Rights Committee adopts report on follow-up to its concluding observations (OHCHR) UN prioritizing least developed countries in plans, investments and actions (UN News) World must end overexploitation […]
Headlines From Around the World World Oil prices soar, stocks tank as Russia-Ukraine war rages (Aljazeera) ‘We cannot fail the Syrian people’ Guterres declares, marking 11 years of brutal war (UN News) Ukraine-Russia war poses new threat to global food security (Aljazeera) UN relief chief outlines immediate humanitarian priorities for Ukraine (UN News) Ukraine: Protecting […]
By V. Emmanuel Leon Bobadill In focus: Day 11 into Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine It is almost two weeks since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. So far Russian military action have caused the death of hundreds of civilians and led more than 1.2 million residents of Ukraine to flee the country. Until last Friday, according […]
By V. Emmanuel Leon “In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished… There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.” -U Thant On the past 24th of February, at 3 am GMT, Putin decided to invade Ukrainian territory. From that point onwards, the nightmare that is currently ongoing started […]
By V. Emmanuel Leon Headlines From Around the World World As Parenting Changes, So Should Citizenship: Outdated Nationality Laws Risk Leaving Some Children Stateless (Human Rights Watch) Stop violence at European borders and protect refugees – UNHCR (UN News) UN human rights experts urge treaty to address ‘plastic tide’ (OHCHR) By invading Ukraine, Putin loses […]
By V. Emmanuel Leon Headlines From Around the World World The UN Shouldn’t Let the Olympics’ Celebration of Uyghur Repression Go Unchallenged (Human Right Watch) Human rights lawyers attempt to bring Syria war crimes cases to ICC (The Guardian) Guterres opens Global Disability Summit with inclusivity call (UN News) Is Religious Freedom Important For Biden’s […]
By V. Emmanuel Leon In Focus: The persecution of lawyers and Judges – The case against Impunity in Guatemala Patterns of conduct are hard to change and can be dangerous to those who aim to reconfigure them. As the fight of independent judges, lawyers, and prosecutors in cooperation with the International Commission against Impunity in […]
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