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Tunisia: UN experts urge swift action to uphold migrants’ rights

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Tunisia: UN experts urge swift action to uphold migrants’ rights

“Collective expulsions are prohibited under international law,” the UN experts warned in a statement.They emphasized that it is prohibition under international human rights law to deport migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers…

18 July 2023 · 2 min read

UN celebrates Nelson Mandela, ‘a colossus of courage and conviction’

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UN celebrates Nelson Mandela, ‘a colossus of courage and conviction’

The annual celebration pays tribute to Mr. Mandela’s 67 years of service to humanity as a human rights lawyer, prisoner of conscience, international peacemaker and the first democratically elected President…

18 July 2023 · 2 min read

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UK Bill ‘significantly erodes’ human rights and refugee protections, UN agencies warn

Concerns over legislationThe Illegal Immigration Bill eliminates access to asylum for anyone who arrives “irregularly” in the UK, meaning they passed through a country – however briefly – where they…

18 July 2023 · 4 min read

Health risks on the rise as heatwave intensifies across Europe: WMO

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Health risks on the rise as heatwave intensifies across Europe: WMO

In an alert, the agency emphasized that heatwaves are amongst the deadliest natural hazards and WMO Senior Heat Advisor, John Nairn, told reporters that extreme temperatures are poised to grow…

18 July 2023 · 3 min read

WFP forced to slash food aid as half of all Haitians go hungry

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WFP forced to slash food aid as half of all Haitians go hungry

This reduction in aid comes at a time when Haiti is grappling with a severe humanitarian crisis, with almost half of its population, approximately 4.9 million people, unable to access…

18 July 2023 · 2 min read

UN chief regrets Russia’s decision to withdraw from grain deal

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UN chief regrets Russia’s decision to withdraw from grain deal

Following weeks of negotiations, the UN-brokered accord that facilitated the export of more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to global markets via three Black Sea ports expired on…

17 July 2023 · 3 min read

Global immunisation rates show sign of post-pandemic rebound

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Global immunisation rates show sign of post-pandemic rebound

Global immunisation services reached four million more children in 2022, compared with the previous year as countries increase efforts meant to combat the historic backsliding in immunisation triggered by the…

17 July 2023 · 4 min read

Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end

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Devastating rights violations against Indigenous people must end

He was speaking in Geneva at the annual meeting on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, referencing in-depth conversations he had had in recent months with Indigenous representatives during missions to…

17 July 2023 · 3 min read

Russia: UN rights experts call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich

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Russia: UN rights experts call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia and Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, were responding to the 31-year-old United States citizen’s…

17 July 2023 · 3 min read

Sudan: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

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Sudan: ‘We cannot work under the barrel of a gun,’ UN relief chief says

“For three months now, the people of Sudan have endured unspeakable suffering amid violence that is tearing their country apart,” Martin Griffiths, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief…

15 July 2023 · 3 min read