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 rights chief adds voice to urgent calls for Middle East de-escalation
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 2, 2024 | 14:00 pmHours after Iran fired a reported 200 missiles at Israel in response to Israeli military incursions in southern Lebanon raising fears of a wider Middle East escalation, UN human rights chief Volker Türk insisted on Wednesday that “peace must prevail”[…]
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SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 2, 2024 | 14:00 pmSecurity Council members met in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. App users can reprise our live coverage here.
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World News in Brief: Half of Haiti’s displaced are children, alarm over low immunisation rates, aid to East Africa
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 2, 2024 | 14:00 pmA breakdown in law and order and a wider humanitarian emergency across Haiti have displaced more than 700,000 people – one in two of them children – the UN migration office, IOM, said on Wednesday.
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Security Council briefed on progress in UN-AU partnership for peace
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 2, 2024 | 14:00 pmDespite the significant peace and security challenges facing Africa, there are reasons to be hopeful, the head of the UN Office to the African Union (UNOAU) told ambassadors at the Security Council on Wednesday, urging their continued focus on the[…]
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‘Broad impunity persists’ for law enforcement violations against Africans and people of African descent: rights experts
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmAfricans and people of African descent who have encountered human rights violations by law enforcement officials rarely receive justice as authorities are not held accountable, experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said in a report issued on Tuesday.
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Explainer: What is Security Council resolution 1701?
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmDiplomats have been highlighting Security Council resolution 1701 in official meetings and in the corridors over the busy High-Level Week at UN Headquarters.
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Guterres condemns ‘escalation after escalation’ in the Middle East
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmWith war ramping up across the Middle East on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for the violence to end now.
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WHO calls for urgent overhaul of care systems for older people as population ages
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued an urgent call for countries to transform their care and support systems for older people, warning that current systems are not prepared to meet growing demand.
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Nepal: Hundreds killed as ‘unprecedented’ flash floods strike capital Kathmandu
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmMore than 215 people, including 35 children, have been killed and dozens are missing after heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides across Nepal, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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First Person: Swapping guns for ballpens in the Philippines
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Oct 1, 2024 | 14:00 pmA former combatant fighting for the rights of her people on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines has been talking about how she has swapped her combat fatigues for jilbabs [outer garment] and her life in the jungle for[…]
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