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Justice on the move: Mobile courts offer hope for communities in South Sudan
United Nations
Its mission: to prepare for the deployment of a mobile court expected to begin next month. This initiative can’t come soon enough for victims of crime who have long believed…
Education
Reply to latest parliamentary question on the high-profile Lettori case shows that the European Commission unquestioningly accepted Italy’s evidence in the unprecedented and historic third infringement case for violation of…
United Nations
Speaking at the regular noon briefing in New York on Monday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that Israeli authorities have closed all crossings and suspended humanitarian movements. Planned rotations of humanitarian…
United Nations
UN human rights office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani also recalled the horror of a strike on Saturday which reportedly killed and injured dozens of girls in a primary school in Minab…
News
UN Human Rights Chief Türk addresses Sudan's three-year conflict: ongoing atrocities and humanitarian crisis affecting civilians at unprecedented scale.
United Nations
The UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was “deeply concerned by the escalation…and the impact that violence is having on civilian populations.”He called for an immediate cessation of hostilities and reiterated his…
United Nations
In remarks to the Geneva-based international body, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called for urgent action to preserve the 2018 peace agreement between the Government and opposition to prevent fragmentation and retaliatory cycles that…
United Nations
Four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many people are trying to overcome deep-rooted trauma and rebuild what has been lost. For many the trauma predates the Russian invasion and…
United Nations
The warning comes as the world’s youngest nation remains among the top displacement crises, with nearly 10 million people in need of humanitarian assistance including returnees fleeing the war in neighbouring Sudan. IOM requires just over $131 million for operations in South Sudan this year but faces a $29 million funding gap. ‘An extraordinary burden’ The UN agency…
United Nations
Francisco Pichón cited growing risks to healthcare, water services and food distribution as the country’s energy reserves continue to fall.The UN’s top official in Cuba told a press briefing in…
