Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United Nations report says ...
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UN human rights experts criticise 'unneccessary' and 'unlawful' Olympic security
Three human rights experts commissioned by the United Nations on Tuesday issued a report saying some security measures for ...
UN rights chief laments ‘shift in direction’ in United States
The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States ...
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Unelected UN Human Rights Chief Rails Against ‘Global Power Dynamic’ of ‘Unelected’ Tech ‘Oligarchs’
The head of the UN’s Human Rights Council, Volker Türk, says the rise of ‘tech oligarchs’ is as ‘equally alarming’ as other ...
American censored by UN Human Rights Council, accused of using 'disrespectful language'
Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust Director Anne Bayefsky submitted a video statement to the U.N. Human Rights Council, which was cut off after a few seconds.
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Donald Trump pulls the US out of the United Nations group supporting LGBTQ+ rights worldwide
The United States has withdrawn from the United Nations LGBTI Core Group, a collection of countries actively supporting the ...
Nicaragua withdraws from UN Human Rights Council
Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that ...
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Warmongers and authoritarians suffocating global human rights, warns UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasises alarming human rights abuses in Ukraine, Palestine, and DRC. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a speech at the opening of ...
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Belarusian diplomats: UN human rights system uses double standards
For many decades the UN human rights system has been using double standards and wasting resources on false concepts and ...
Thailand deports 40 Uyghurs back to China as human rights groups worry for their safety
China confirmed Thailand deported 40 Chinese nationals on Thursday, despite human rights organizations and members of the U.S ...
Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea - and hands more power to a dictator
Human rights in one of the world’s most egregious authoritarian regimes are set to be diminished even further, thanks to ...
Dallas teens addressing United Nations council to advocate for Afghan girls
A dozen Dallas teens are urging the United Nations Human Rights Council this week to advance women’s rights and regional ...