Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 384
‘I will never stop telling my story’: Confronting victim-blaming for sexual assault
- UN News
Imagine enduring a terrifying sexual attack. Bruised and shaken, you recount what happened to the police only for them to turn the tables on you, by asking: what were you wearing?
Best way to protect children caught in conflict is to ‘champion peace’: Gamba
- UN News
The best way to protect children and prevent violations against them during armed conflict is to “promote and champion peace,” the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Abortion in Canada - Legal for Decades But Hindered by Stigma
- Inter Press Service
Ottawa, Jul 19 (IPS) - Toronto resident Miranda Knight describes her abortion experience as relatively simple. After finding out she was pregnant on a Wednesday in 2017, she booked an appointment at an available clinic and got one for the following Monday. She had the procedure that day and left the clinic by noon.
Voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to DR Congo resumes
- UN News
After a two-year hiatus, the voluntary repatriation of refugees from Angola to their homeland in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has begun again, after the programme was put on hold in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic led to long-term border closures.
Sri Lanka: Why a Feudal Culture & Absence of Meritocracy Bankrupted a Nation
- Inter Press Service
BROMLEY, UK, Jul 19 (IPS) - Sri Lanka is officially bankrupt and a failed state in all but name. How did a country of 22 million people with a level of literacy on par with most of the developed world end up in such a dire position where the state coffers did not have the measly sum of 20 million dollars to purchase fuel to keep the country functioning beyond the next working day?
Most Suspended Ugandan NGOs Still in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
Kampala, Jul 18 (IPS) - Nearly a year after the Ugandan government suspended 54 NGOs for allegedly operating illegally and failing to file accounts, most civil society organisations (CSOs) remain shut.
UN publishes new guidance on curbing child abduction and other ‘grave violations’ in war
- UN News
The UN’s top official advocating for children caught up in armed conflict issued new guidance on Monday designed to help expert staff on the ground protect children who are abducted, or who suffer other grave violations.
A New World Order is Dawning - But will it be Liberal or Illiberal?
- Inter Press Service
BERLIN, Jul 18 (IPS) - With the invasion of Ukraine, Russia effectively destroyed the European peace order. Now, Europe needs to find ways to contain its aggressive neighbour, while its traditional protector, the United States, continues its shift of focus to the Indo-Pacific.
Kenya: UN expert hails historic reparations ruling in favour of indigenous peoples
- UN News
An independent UN human rights expert on Monday hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, to award reparations to the Ogiek indigenous peoples, for harm that they suffered due to “injustices and discrimination.”
Abortion Decision Felt Worldwide
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, USA, Jul 18 (IPS) - The 24 June decision of United States Supreme Court to overturn the country’s nearly 50-year constitutional right of a woman to an abortion is being felt worldwide.
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