Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 472
Human rights in Belarus continue downward spiral, warns Bachelet
- UN News
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Friday that she continues to be alarmed by “persistent allegations” of “widespread and systematic torture” of protesters in Belarus.
Deadly ‘invisible shipwrecks’ plague migrants bound for Canary Islands
- UN News
A sharp increase in the deaths and disappearances of migrants at sea heading to Spain’s Canary Islands, along the West African coast, is a cause for “extreme concern” the UN’s migration agency, IOM, said on Friday.
Mexico calls for respect for migrants’ rights, and ‘true international solidarity’
- UN News
In his address to the high-level debate at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, Marcelo Ebrard, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, reaffirmed his country’s commitment against discrimination and hate speech and called for more solidarity.
Call to action: Prevent gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies
- UN News
Top UN officials met in the margins of the 76th General Assembly on Thursday, with a strong call to action to stamp out gender-based violence (GBV), amid a rise in forced displacement and other humanitarian emergencies around the globe.
UNICEF: Haiti children vulnerable to ‘violence, poverty and displacement’
- UN News
As Haiti continues to reel from the “triple tragedy” of natural disasters, gang violence and the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expressed concern on Thursday that two-thirds of Haitian migrants expelled from the United States border in recent days are women and children – including newborns with “specific and immediate needs”.
South Sudan plagued by violence and corruption, Human Rights Council hears
- UN News
South Sudan continues to be “plagued” by violence and corruption, the Human Rights Council heard on Thursday, jeopardizing the young nation’s efforts to establish lasting peace and put it on the road towards sustainable development.
Human rights ‘catastrophe’ in Myanmar: UN calls for urgent action
- UN News
Urgent action is needed to prevent the situation in Myanmar from escalating into a “full-blown conflict”, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet warned on Thursday.
Myanmar: UN expert says current international efforts failing, urges ‘change of course’
- UN News
The UN independent rights expert on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, told the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday that conditions inside the country following the 1 February military coup have worsened, urging a “change of course” to prevent further human rights abuses and deaths.
20 years after Durban Declaration, racism reverberates in ‘echo chambers of hate’
- UN News
Two decades after a landmark declaration was adopted to eradicate racism, discrimination continues to “permeate institutions, social structures and everyday life in every society”, the UN chief told a high-level meeting on Wednesday.
First Person: The ‘bravery’ of Afghanistan's girls and women
- UN News
Afghanistan’s girls and women are showing “bravery” in the face of real “fears and pressures” following the formation of the new, de-facto authorities in Afghanistan, according to a UNICEF member of staff, one of the few westerners to remain in Kabul.
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