Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 382
Gender Sensitization, Not 'Romeo' Policing Needed, say Activists
- Inter Press Service
Lucknow, Jul 27 (IPS) - Romeo is a bad word in Uttar Pradesh (UP), India's largest province with nearly 25 million people.
Colombia: New government urged to combat rising violence in rural areas
- UN News
The incoming administration in Colombia must prioritize tackling rising violence perpetrated by non-State armed groups and criminal organizations in rural areas, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report published on Tuesday.
Africa Taken for Neo-Colonial Ride
- Inter Press Service
SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 26 (IPS) - Like so many others, Africans have long been misled. Alleged progress under imperialism has long been used to legitimize exploitation. Meanwhile, Western colonial powers have been replaced by neo-colonial governments and international institutions serving their interests.
Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change
- UN News
New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking the first-ever global effort to address this increasingly major concern.
Syria: Australian teen’s death in prison was ‘utterly preventable’, rights experts say
- UN News
Australian authorities must speed up the repatriation of their nationals held in detention centres in Syria following the recent confirmation of the death of a Sydney teenager at a facility in the northeast, UN human rights experts said on Monday.
Myanmar junta's execution of four democracy activists condemned by UN
- UN News
The independent UN human rights expert for Myanmar called for a strong international response on Monday following the executions of four pro-democracy activists by the country’s military junta. In a statement issued later in the day, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said she was "dismayed" that despite appeal from across the world, military leaders had move ahead with "no regard" for international rights law.
An Integrated Regional Response for the Sahel Crisis
- Inter Press Service
DAKAR, Senegal, Jul 25 (IPS) - The current Ukraine-Russia conflict is dominating the global media to the point of overshadowing longer protracted crisis that no longer make headlines, but are still rife. Such is the case with the on-going Sahel crisis, one of the world's most neglected ones, where acute poverty, the dramatic effects of climate change and rising armed conflicts have become the norm for more than a decade. A situation further exacerbated by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
Women working together, to survive Lebanon’s economic crisis
- UN News
Lebanon’s women-led cooperatives are helping communities to cope with the country’ recent wave of crises: the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial crisis, and the notorious August 2021 Beirut Port Explosion.
Why the UN General Assembly must back the right to a healthy environment
- UN News
In late July, the UN General Assembly is expected to vote on a draft resolution recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
Time for a UN Human Rights Leader
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Jul 22 (IPS) - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights sits at the top of the UN’s human rights system. It’s a crucial role for the victims of violations and the many civil society activists who look to the UN system to set and apply human rights norms, monitor the human rights performance of states and hold rights violators to account.
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