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Urgent reform needed to shield women and children from violence during custody battles
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Urgent reform needed to shield women and children from violence during custody battles

“The tendency of family courts to dismiss the history of domestic violence and abuse in custody cases, especially where mothers and/or children have brought forward credible allegations of domestic abuse,…

23 June 2023 · 3 min read

Killings drive Israelis and Palestinians ‘deeper into an abyss’, warns Türk
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Killings drive Israelis and Palestinians ‘deeper into an abyss’, warns Türk

“These latest killings and the violence, along with the inflammatory rhetoric, serve only to drive Israelis and Palestinians deeper into an abyss,” said the High Commissioner for Human Rights, as…

23 June 2023 · 3 min read

Tunisia must ‘change course’ amid media crackdown: UN rights chief
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Tunisia must ‘change course’ amid media crackdown: UN rights chief

“It is troubling to see Tunisia, a country that once held so much hope, regressing and losing the human rights gains of the last decade,” Mr. Türk said, urging the…

23 June 2023 · 2 min read

Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council
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Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council

The Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, warned that technology enabled easy sharing of sensitive health data of adolescents, migrants and people whose sexual orientation or health status…

22 June 2023 · 3 min read

Somalia in danger of losing hard-won gains, Security Council hears
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Somalia in danger of losing hard-won gains, Security Council hears

“Whilst many challenges and risks lie ahead, there are also many opportunities, and I urge all international partners to lean in and provide additional support to the people,” said the…

22 June 2023 · 5 min read

Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report
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Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report

“The overall human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has markedly deteriorated against the backdrop of continuously worsening socio-economic conditions, aggravated by sanctions and the lingering impact of…

22 June 2023 · 3 min read

UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people
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UN remains focused on ‘critical needs’ of Ukraine’s people

Achim Steiner, head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group told delegates he had just returned from the war-torn country, noting civilians’ “extraordinary…

21 June 2023 · 4 min read

Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad
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Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad

UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva was briefing the Security Council on the dire situation facing the country and the international aid effort, with UN women workers among those now prevented by…

21 June 2023 · 3 min read

With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians
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With needs at a record high, underfunding is chronic Guterres tells humanitarians

With 360 million people worldwide in need of humanitarian assistance, up 30 percent since early 2022, global humanitarian needs have yet again reached record levels.In a video message to the Humanitarian…

21 June 2023 · 2 min read

Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’
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Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’

Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland was reacting on Twitter to the news of a shooting attack reportedly by two Palestinian gunmen, who opened fire at…

20 June 2023 · 3 min read