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Millions remain invisible – but Asia-Pacific leaders pledge change by 2030

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Now, governments have committed to close that gap by 2030.At the conclusion of the Third Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, leaders adopted a renewed declaration...
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Syria: UN commission hails recent action to address past violations

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Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro highlighted the establishment of the National Transitional Authority and the National Authority for Missing Persons which are expected to help reveal the fate of the more than 100,000 Syrians estimated...
Human Rights

Sudan: ‘Fighting shows no signs of abating,’ senior UN official tells Security Council

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On Friday, the UN Security Council heard sobering briefings from Martha Ama Akyaa Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and Shayna Lewis, Sudan Specialist and Senior Advisor with Preventing and Ending Mass Atrocities (PAEMA), a...
Human Rights

Myanmar human rights crisis deepens as aid collapses, attacks intensify

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In a stark briefing to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk described a country gripped by war, repression and deepening suffering.Since the military coup in...
Human Rights

Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel

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“Definitely, people get shot,” said Gaza-based medic Dr. Luca Pigozzi, WHO Emergency Medical Team Coordinator. “They are victim of blast injuries as well and bodily injuries.”The WHO official’s comments follow reports of another mass...
Human Rights

Eighty years on, UN Charter marked by reflection, resolve – and a run

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Under cooler skies after days of intense heat, the run ended where it all began, at the original UN Charter – the document that launched the Organization and reshaped the modern international order...
Human Rights

UN calls for restraint after deadly Kenya protests

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At least 400 people were injured, including police officers, according to media reports. The official death toll has not been confirmed, with estimates ranging from eight to 16. The demonstrations marked the anniversary of...
Human Rights

UN rights office sounds the alarm over forced displacement in the West Bank

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Israeli authorities have stepped up measures to transfer large numbers of people from long-standing Palestinian towns and communities, according to OHCHR’s office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.On 18 June, the High Planning Council...
Human Rights

UN rights mission condemns civilian toll in deadly missile strikes on Ukraine

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At least 24 people were reported killed and over 300 injured – including 32 children – when ballistic missiles struck Ukraine’s Dnipro and Odesa regions on Monday and Tuesday, the UN Human Rights...
Human Rights

Responsibility to Protect: An unfulfilled promise, a ray of hope

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Addressing the General Assembly, António Guterres said that the world is witnessing more armed conflicts than at any time since the end of the Second World War.“Too often, early warnings go unheeded, and...
Human Rights

‘A moral failure’: Security Council hears about grave violations against children caught in war

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“From that day on, our home became a travel bag and our path became that of displacement … My childhood was filled with fear and anxiety and people I was deprived of,” she...
Council of Europe

Conflict of evidence in the EU’s longest-running discrimination case

Henry Rodgers -
FLC CGIL, the country’s largest trade union, challenges Italy’s claim to the European Commission that it has ended discrimination against non-national university lecturers (Lettori)  With a hearing before the Court of Justice pending in Case...
Human Rights

World News in Brief: Türk speaks out on sexual violence, Brazil floods update, Nicaraguan human rights violations

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“We are not meeting the minimum requirement to prevent women from being silenced, and support their participation and leadership in…building peace,” Mr. Türk said.25 years ago, the UN Security Council passed a resolution which...
Human Rights

Guterres urges Iran and Israel to ‘fully respect’ ceasefire

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Before both sides had confirmed that a ceasefire was in place early Tuesday both sides exchanged fire, with Tehran residents saying they had experienced a heavy barrage of attacks.Before leaving Washington for a...
Europe

US report highlights security services’ concerns over covert Muslim Brotherhood operations in Europe

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Version en français & english A report published by George Washington University (GWU) in the United States has detailed the highly negative concerns of the security services across seven European countries regarding Muslim Brotherhood operations in Europe. ‘Verbatim: What European Security Services...
Human Rights

Gaza: Over 400 Palestinians killed around private aid hubs, UN rights office says

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The alert comes nearly a month since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) started operating on 27 May in select hubs, bypassing the UN and other established NGOs.Its food distribution points have been...
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IPU Worldwide Parliamentarians Unite in Rome with the largest diversity to Champion Interfaith Dialogue

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Rome, 20 June 2025 — Parliamentarians and religious leaders from around the world have issued a powerful call for peace, hope and solidarity at the conclusion of the Second Parliamentary Conference on Interfaith Dialogue:...
Human Rights

Human Rights Council hears concerns over displacement, genocide risks and migrant trafficking

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Of the record 83 million people internally displaced worldwide, at least 1.2 million were displaced by crime-related violence in 2024 – more than double the 2023 figure – amid a global decline in...
Human Rights

Why is the manosphere on the rise? UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny

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With more than 5.5 billion people connected online – nearly all of them active on social media – digital platforms have become central to how people interact, UN Women highlights.However, they are also...
Human Rights

Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease

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“I met a little boy who was wounded by a tank shell at one of these sites on the final day of me leaving Gaza - I learnt that this little boy had...
Human Rights

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: Live updates for 20 June

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One week since the Israel-Iran conflict erupted, diplomatic efforts to end the war are ramping up in Geneva today as foreign ministers from France, Germany, the UK and the European Union prepare to...
Human Rights

‘We are at a point of no return’: grave violations against children surge for third year

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This number represents a 25 per cent increase from 2023, marking the third consecutive year that violations have increased. 22,495 violations were committed against children themselves while the remaining targeted infrastructure such as...
Human Rights

Long after the guns fall silent, conflict-related sexual violence leaves lasting scars

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In 2024 alone, the UN verified around 4,500 cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), though the real number is likely much higher. An overwhelming 93 per cent of survivors were women and girls.Under...
Human Rights

European Parliament adopts new rules to combat child sexual abuse

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The European Parliament has adopted new legislative proposals to strengthen the fight against child sexual abuse in the EU, including tougher penalties and adapting the law to new technologies. The changes aim to cover crimes...
Human Rights

Human Rights Council hears alarming updates on executions in Iran and global civic space crackdown

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At least 975 people were executed in Iran in 2024, the highest number reported since 2015, according to a report Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Nada Al-Nashif, presented to the Geneva-based Council...
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