The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its interactive dialogue with Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict. In her closing remarks, Ms. Gamba said that the follow-up report and the mechanisms of the national task force had put in place methods of communication in the country to respond to […]
Integrated Mission in Nigeria The Directorate of Humanitarian and Social Affairs organized a 3-day workshop on coordination and capacity building for several stakeholders in Nigeria including Federal Government MDAs (Ministries, Departments and Agencies), Private Sector, CSOs (civil society organizations) and the media. The workshop was part of a two-phase activity in Nigeria aimed at the […]
(Berlin) – Several major foreign tech companies have pulled out of Russia or suspended operations in the two weeks since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, heightening the risk of global internet isolation for residents of the country. The tech company pullouts come at a time when Russian authorities have doubled down on the use of […]
Thank you Mr President. High Commissioner, We thank you for focusing on Ukraine, on which the Council discussed its serious concerns last week. We condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an unprovoked and premeditated attack on innocent people and a flagrant violation of international law. Elsewhere, We remain concerned about human rights in Cameroon, including attacks […]
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and building on previous work undertaken by the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) 2018-2022 and the Ukrainian National Action on Women, Peace and Security 2020-2025, the UK seeks to strengthen its contribution to the WPS agenda and therefore support projects in Ukraine that […]
Strachan says COVID vaccine inequality and gender equality among global priorities NASSAU, BAHAMAS – The Bahamas has recommitted to supporting the mission of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Jamahl Strachan, MP for the Village of Nassau and Parliamentary Secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs, addressed the high-level segment of the 49th session of […]
(Budapest) – A smear campaign by a major pro-government newspaper against independent journalists and activists is poisoning political and public debate in the run-up to national elections on April 3, 2022, Human Rights Watch said today. Video clips recorded without the subjects’ consent and out-of-context quotes aim to cast civil society activists and independent journalists […]
The ECOWAS Commission, within the framework of the ECOWAS Peace and Security Architecture and Operations (EPSAO) project, announces that it has planned to hold its Forum on Innovation for Peace and Security in West Africa (WAPSI) on March 9 and 10, 2022, virtually. The forum will be co-funded by the European Union and the German […]
(Brussels, February 21, 2022) – The European Commission should ban EU trade with settlements in occupied territories globally, Human Rights Watch said today in signing a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) . The citizens’ initiative, registered with the European Commission in September 2021 and launched on 20 February 2022, calls for the adoption of legislation prohibiting […]
Published February 19, 2022 Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Yahaya has urged the 500 inaugurated staff for the security, traffic and environment corps to ensure inter-agency collaboration with federal security officers. The governor said that as a pioneering organization, it would be necessary to serve as state ambassadors while performing their duties without bias. He made […]
BANGKOK (Reuters) – An aide to Thailand’s prime minister said on Friday he would seek the expulsion from the country next week of human rights group Amnesty International, accused by ultra-royalists of undermining the national security. Seksakol Atthawong, deputy minister in Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s office, said a petition opposing Amnesty’s presence in Thailand had […]
(New York) – Indian authorities have arrested prominent Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah on political grounds amid the government’s crackdown on media and civil society groups in Jammu and Kashmir, Human Rights Watch said. today. Since 2019, at least 35 journalists in Kashmir have faced police interrogation, raids, threats, physical attacks or bogus criminal charges for […]
The UN independent expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, will pay an official visit to the country from 8 to 17 February. “I am extremely concerned about the continued deterioration of the geopolitical and security context and the threat this poses to the human rights situation, peace and stability in […]
We hear a lot about Islam being distorted in the news these days. Reports of violence, discrimination and restrictions on women’s rights have led to the mistaken conclusion that human rights and democracy have no place in Islam. The heinous acts committed by irresponsible people who use Islam as a pretext to pursue their evil […]
Feb. 1, 2022 (KHARTOUM) – The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva has postponed the review of Sudan’s human rights record to Wednesday instead of Tuesday, February 1, 2022. The council’s decision came hours after the Sudanese government boycotted the session to protest against the accreditation of a pro-democracy ambassador sacked by General al-Burhan […]
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said yesterday that the government had made significant progress in implementing human rights reforms. Ziyambi told the Daily News the government would present tomorrow in Geneva, Switzerland, the reforms undertaken so far during the meeting of the working group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations (UN) Human […]
Doha: At the virtual high-level global conference on youth-inclusive peace processes, more than 130 young peacebuilders from 77 countries participated in two-day discussions with a wide range of representatives from governments, civil society, academia and multilateral institutions to explore opportunities and build partnerships for policymakers to support youth-led and youth-inclusive peace efforts. “A holistic approach […]
A Taliban delegation is to meet next week with Norwegian officials and representatives of Afghan civil society in Oslo, the Norwegian foreign ministry said. The visit is scheduled for Sunday to Tuesday, and “the Taliban will meet with representatives of Norwegian authorities and officials from a number of allied countries” for talks on the humanitarian […]
The Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration held talks on Tuesday with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the security situation in the Sahel and West Africa. Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey and Mr. Antonio Guterres discussed ways to sustainably raise funds for peace operations in Africa, during the closed-door engagement attended by three […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) – an association of Catholic Bishops in Malawi – has called on the government to seriously consider increasing the security of employees of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), especially the Chief Executive Officer (DG) Martha Chizuma. The call comes amid threats by political activist Bon Kalindo to shut down ACB […]
Joe Bongay, executive director of Young Volunteers for the Environment (YVE), said part of his organization’s mission as a member of the Sanitation and Water for All (SWA) partnership is to eliminate inequities in rights water and sanitation in The Gambia. Bongay pointed this out during the opening of the two-day training for journalists and […]
Bongay pointed this out at the opening of the two-day training for journalists and civil society organizations on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); held at the National Nutrition Agency on January 11, 2022, he said: “Our mission as members of the SWA partnership is to eliminate inequalities in the realization of the human rights to […]
MOSCOW, January 17./TASS/. Kirill Vyshinsky of the Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights considers Facebook’s blocking of the page of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on security and arms control an act of censorship. “I support Roskomnadzor’s (Russian telecommunications watchdog) assessment that called Facebook’s moves an act of […]
Egyptian human rights defenders lost an important pillar this week. On January 10, the famous Arab Network for Human Rights (ANHRI) announced that it was ending its operations “in the absence of the bare minimum of the rule of law and respect for human rights “. This decision follows police arrests and threats against the […]
HONG KONG, Jan. 13 (Reuters) – The first person convicted under Hong Kong’s National Security Act and jailed for nine years last July has abandoned his decision to appeal, his lawyer said Thursday. The former waiter, Tong Ying-kit, 24, was convicted of terrorist activities and inciting secession after riding his motorcycle in three riot police […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO – One of Egypt’s last independent human rights organizations has closed, a statement from the group said on Monday, citing the government’s persecution. The Egyptian government has for years engaged in a widespread crackdown on dissent that has suffocated many civil society groups in the country and imprisoned thousands of people. The […]
A group of Uyghurs living in Turkey whose relatives are either imprisoned or missing in China filed a criminal complaint on Tuesday with a Turkish prosecution against 112 Chinese government officials. They accused the 112 officials of committing genocide, crimes against humanity, torture and rape in the far west of the Xinjiang region. The camp […]
The late former senator, Zephyrin Kalimba, has been hailed as a man who has dedicated his life to the defense of human rights. The 62-year-old man died Sunday evening January 2 at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali where he had been admitted for a few days due to an undisclosed illness. Kalimba was a senator […]
LAHORE: The National Human Rights Commission (NCHR), in collaboration with the EU-funded Huqooq-e-Pakistan (HeP) project, organized a civil society consultation as part of the consultative process to the Commission’s four-year strategic plan. Chaired by NCHR President Rabiya Javeri Agha and chaired by HeP lead expert Dr Osama Siddique, the consultation allowed participants to express their […]
A Moscow court granted a request to shut down another prominent human rights organization in a sweeping crackdown on Russian rights groups, independent media and supporters of the opposition Through DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press 29 December 2021, 13:19 • 3 minutes to read Share on FacebookShare on twitterEmail this article MOSCOW – A Moscow court […]
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday chaired an interactive session on economic diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry, which was also attended by envoys from Pakistan to the United States, Turkey, Austria, Iran, Russia, the Netherlands, and the Permanent Representatives in New York and Geneva. This was the eighth meeting in the series. While […]
Dominique Day, chair of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, was speaking the day after his visit to Paris from December 13 to 16. Focus on development Country visits of United Nations rights experts take place at the invitation of the host government and focus on fact-finding, diagnosis and recommendations. However, […]
ISLAMABAD: Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chaudhry announced on Sunday that Prime Minister Imran Khan has called a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) to review the country’s first-ever national security policy on December 27 (today). The government spokesperson tweeted that the draft national security policy would be presented to the NSC for […]
News article | 12-15-2021 | 06:32 December 10 was International Human Rights Day. As human rights are the cornerstone of Dutch foreign policy, this is a very important day for us. The Netherlands has different priorities in their human rights policy, among which are freedom of speech and freedom of the press, equal rights for […]
FE ONLINE REPORT | Posted: Dec. 12, 2021, 6:39 p.m. Although the service environment of adolescent health centers nationwide has improved, the lack of drugs and human resources remained a challenge, according to a new study. Accountability and responsiveness among service providers at adolescent-friendly health service centers has increased positively in terms of improving adolescent […]
West African justice ministers must establish a platform to promote the rule of law, peace and security in the sub-region. Once ratified by member states, the platform will serve as a vehicle for implementing the Niamey Declaration to deepen the rule of law, promote peace and security and provide access to justice in the region. […]
(Sydney) – The Australian government should pressure the Lao government to take concrete steps to improve its poor human rights record during the seventh Australia-Laos Human Rights Dialogue on December 9, 2021, said Human Rights Watch today. In a November communication, Human Rights Watch specifically urged the Australian government to use the dialogue to focus […]
With unrest on the rise across the world, streamlined education for dealing with conflict is important. Students are required to take conflict management courses, which are offered by several institutes. The interdisciplinary course offers knowledge about the reasons leading to conflicts and finding solutions to deal with them. During the course of the course, students […]
BY NKOSENTSHA KHUMALOYesterday, human rights activists criticized the government for the enactment of the cybersecurity and data protection law, saying it would further stifle the freedoms of communication and information. The Cyber Security and Data Protection Act was passed by Parliament in July and was enacted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Friday. Although the new […]
In Aid Imperium: US Foreign Policy and Human Rights in Post-Cold War Southeast Asia, Salvador Santino F. Regilme Jr. explore how Foreign strategic support from the United States has had an impact on human rights violations in Southeast Asia, focusing on the Philippines and Thailand. This is a timely and thought-provoking read for academics researching […]
On December 1, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reached half of his six-year term. Since his election in 2018, López Obrador has not only failed to improve the country’s dire human rights record, he has worked to undo many of the hard-won gains in transparency and governance. right that rights groups, activists and activists […]
Increase transparency: Antofagasta launches a social management report December 3, 2021 The document is the second in a series of specialized reports produced by Antofagasta that seek to personalize information for different stakeholders. Antofagasta plc released its first ever Social Management Report with the aim of better meeting the information needs of an audience that […]
We are publishing an independent human rights impact study we commissioned on the role of our technologies in the Philippines. This assessment found that Meta technologies are widely used and have positive human rights impacts in the Philippines, as well as salient human rights risks. We are constantly working to evolve our products, policies and […]
India took note Thursday of the statement by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on specific incidents in Jammu and Kashmir and said the remarks reflect a “lack of understanding” of security challenges India faces as a result of “cross-border terrorism”. “We have seen the statement made by the […]
CAIRO – An Egyptian court on Monday convicted a prominent human rights defender and lawyer for spreading false news and insulting a government authority, adding another name to a growing list of activists, journalists and dissidents the state has aggressively targeted and sought to silence for years. The sentence imposed on the lawyer, Hossam Bahgat, […]
Estonian Ambassador to the United Nations Sven Jurgenson will host the meeting on Monday. Foreign Ministry spokespersons told BNS: “The session will also be an opportunity to revitalize the UN Security Council discussions on this issue and to underline the Council’s commitment to take action to to ensure international peace and security “. Speakers at […]
Monday, November 29, 2021, 6:13 a.m.Press release: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights GENEVA (November 28, 2021) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, today begins an official seven-day mission to Burkina Faso and Niger, at the invitation of their respective governments. Bachelet will be in Burkina Faso until December […]
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, today begins an official seven-day mission to Burkina Faso and Niger, at the invitation of their respective governments. Bachelet will be in Burkina Faso until December 1. During her visit, she is due to meet President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, Prime Minister Christophe Joseph Marie […]
Global human rights organizations have called on the Indian government to immediately end violations of the rights to liberty and fair trial under the Prevention of Illegal Activities Act (UAPA) and to comply with national obligations and international human rights standards. Indian authorities have detained prominent Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez under an anti-terrorism […]
(Nairobi) – African leaders are expected to prioritize the education of pregnant girls and married adolescent girls at the Third African Girls Summit in Niamey, Niger, November 16-18, 2021. Governments attending the summit are expected to focus on commit to strengthening the protection of human rights for girls’ education. Even though many governments in Africa […]