Newsletter from UN human rights organisation
Die Menschenrechte im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
Bereits die Charta der Vereinten Nationen von 1945 enthält den klaren Auftrag an die Staatengemeinschaft, die Achtung und Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und Grundrechte für alle zu fördern. Der Grundstein für den internationalen Schutz der Menschenrechte wurde mit der 1948 verabschiedeten Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte gelegt.
Der Newsticker informiert über aktuelle Ereignisse zum Thema Menschenrechte.
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UN strongly condemns demolition of UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe reported demolition underway early Tuesday of the headquarters of UN agency UNRWA by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem - apparently “under the watch of lawmakers and a member of the Government” - has prompted swift condemnation from the[…]
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Mozambique floods heighten disease, malnutrition risks – UN agencies
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmCatastrophic flooding across Mozambique is devastating lives and livelihoods, sharply increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and malnutrition, while also forcing dangerous wildlife – including crocodiles – into flooded urban areas, the UN warned on Tuesday.
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Human trafficking depends on corruption at every step
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmIn 2011, a trafficker in Chile was convicted for recruiting economically vulnerable Peruvian citizens and arranging for them to be brought into the country – destined to become victims of sexual exploitation.
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Cold and dark: UN rights chief condemns Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power grid
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmRussian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have cut heat, electricity and water to hundreds of thousands of civilians in freezing winter conditions, prompting the UN human rights chief to denounce the strikes as “cruel” and a clear violation of international[…]
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Yemen: Children are dying and it’s going to get worse, warns aid veteran
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmIn Yemen, renewed political instability and economic woes linked to the war threaten to complicate the already difficult task of helping vulnerable people suffering from deepening hunger, illness and displacement, the UN’s top aid official there said on Monday.
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World News in Brief: Food insecurity in Lebanon, Libya migrants freed, UNHCR tackles multiple emergencies – despite cuts
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmSince 2026, nearly 17 percent of Lebanon’s population has been living in a state of major food insecurity – a situation that is likely to worsen in the coming year.
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Sudan: Atrocities ‘repeated town by town’, ICC prosecutor tells UN Security Council
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmAtrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region are spreading from town to town in an organized campaign of violence that includes mass executions, rape and ethnic targeting, amounting to war crimes and crimes against humanity, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court[…]
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‘Alarming’ increase in use of death penalty last year, despite global trend towards abolition
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmDespite a downward trend in the use of the death penalty globally, 2025 saw an ‘alarming’ increase in the number of executions in a small number of retentionist countries, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) warned on Monday.
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Rising hunger and displacement pose growing economic risk, UN tells Davos
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmAs global leaders gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week, UN agencies are warning that rising hunger and displacement are not only humanitarian emergencies but growing threats to global economic stability.
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UN rights chief bears witness to trauma and resilience in Sudan
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jan 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmNearly three years of war have plunged Sudan “into an abyss of unimaginable dimensions” and human rights must be at the centre of efforts to end the fighting and build lasting peace, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said[…]
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