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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Syria: WHO Regional Director calls for greater investment in health sector
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 19, 2024 | 14:00 pmFailure to invest in the health of the Syrian people will only deepen instability in the war-ravaged country and pose threats to regional and global security, a senior official with the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
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Gaza: Nearly 800,000 now displaced from Rafah
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 18, 2024 | 14:00 pmRoughly 800,000 people have been forced to flee Rafah since Israel launched a military operation in the area on 6 May, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Saturday in a renewed appeal for greater protection of[…]
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UN’s rights chief horrified by Sudan escalation as famine draws nearer
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 17, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe UN’s top human rights official has personally intervened to try to stop spiralling violence in Sudan that’s having a terrifying impact on millions of civilians, who humanitarians say are “staring famine in the face”.
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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 17, 2024 | 14:00 pmGlobal efforts to prevent crimes against nature and bring offenders to justice are being hampered by glaring differences in environmental protection laws among countries and regions, UN crime prevention experts said on Friday.
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Gaza: Aid delivery via floating dock welcomed, but land routes ‘more important’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 17, 2024 | 14:00 pmTrucks carrying desperately needed aid into Gaza have started moving ashore on the temporary floating dock built by the United States military, but this is not enough to meet the needs of civilians, UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on[…]
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Israel refutes South Africa’s accusations at UN world court
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 17, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe UN International Court of Justice (ICJ), on Friday, heard the response from Israel on the case brought forward by South Africa requesting emergency provisional measures to immediately halt Israeli military operations under way in Rafah, in southern Gaza, where[…]
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UN rights office urges Sri Lanka to reveal fate of the disappeared
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 17, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday urged the Sri Lankan Government to take decisive action to uncover the fates and locations of tens of thousands of individuals subjected to enforced disappearances over the years and to hold those[…]
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India’s LGBTQIA+ community notches legal wins but still faces societal hurdles to acceptance, equal rights
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 17, 2024 | 14:00 pmWhile there has been some recent progress for India’s LGBTQIA+ community, there is still a long way to go to overcome social stigma and prejudice, and to ensure that all people in the country feel their rights are protected, regardless[…]
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UN forum in Bahrain closes with calls to support women entrepreneurs in conflict areas
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 16, 2024 | 14:00 pmThe bi-annual UN forum on entrepreneurship and innovation wrapped up its work in Bahrain on Thursday focusing on women entrepreneurs from conflict zones, who stressed the importance of investing in their activities as a means of building peace, security, and[…]
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Stories from the UN Archive: UN’s first peacekeeping force
UN News - Global perspective Human stories May 16, 2024 | 14:00 pmAs the world celebrates the International Day of Living Together in Peace, marked annually on 16 May, we are taking you back to the 1950s, when the UN deployed its first ever peacekeeping force to the Gaza Strip and the Sinai[…]
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