Global Issues
News headlines for “Human Rights Issues”, page 489
Libya: Positive steps needed to break ‘political stalemate’
- UN News
The interdependent tracks of implementing Libya’s ceasefire agreement, political progress and economic reform, are in danger of going into reverse, UN Special Envoy Ján Kubiš warned the Security Council on Thursday.
Death in custody of activist priest, a stain on India’s rights record: UN expert
- UN News
A UN-appointed independent rights expert has spoken out following the death in custody of a renowned Catholic priest, who suffered from Parkinson’s Disease.
Why Investing in Women is Key to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
- Inter Press Service
BANGKOK, Thailand, Jul 15 (IPS) - Last year, the Asia-Pacific region recorded its worst economic performance in decades. With the pandemic far from over, the region’s recovery is slow, fragile and highly uneven both across and within countries. As the region struggles to recover, how can countries rebuild their economies and revive their development?
Deaths soar on perilous maritime migration routes to Europe
- UN News
Deaths of migrants travelling by dangerous sea routes to Europe have soared in the first six months of the year. At least 1,146 people died attempting to reach Europe by boat from January to June, the UN migration agency, IOM said on Wednesday.
‘Tear down inequalities’ to end COVID pandemic: UNAIDS
- UN News
A new report issued on Wednesday by the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS shows that people living with the human immunodeficiency virus face the double jeopardy of HIV and COVID-19 – as widening inequalities continue to prevent them from accessing services.
Coup, COVID fuelling ‘perfect storm’ in Myanmar, UN expert warns
- UN News
Surging COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads, a collapsed health system, and “deep mistrust” of the military junta, are a “perfect storm” of factors that could lead to further major loss of life in Myanmar, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country warned on Wednesday.
At the UN, Climate Change & Security Must Be Tackled Together
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Jul 13 (IPS) - Could the next wars be triggered by climate change?
Until recently, the question might have seemed like science fiction, but now it is very real. Ethiopia and Egypt are locked in an upward spiral of tensions over the Nile, as a combination of dams and shifting weather patterns pose existential risks to both countries.
Afghanistan: 270,000 newly displaced this year, warns UNHCR
- UN News
The worsening security situation across Afghanistan in the wake of foreign troop withdrawal and Taliban advances, has forced an estimated 270,000 from their homes since January, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Tuesday, bringing the total internally displaced to more than 3.5 million.
Countries urged to reopen classrooms, assess pandemic-related learning loss
- UN News
Around one in three countries are not yet implementing remedial programmes to help students catch up on their learning, in the wake of school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, two UN agencies and partners said in a report issued on Tuesday.
“If Only the Fighting Would Stop” A Sudanese Woman’s Wish
- Inter Press Service
GUMURUK, South Sudan, Jul 13 (IPS) - With her bare hands, Roda clears debris and forages scraps from her wrecked teashop after attackers scorched Gumuruk, a town in the Greater Jonglei region where conflict frequently disrupts daily life and stifles progress.
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