Europe
Soil health: Parliament sets out measures to achieve healthy soils by 2050
Parliament adopted its position on the Commission proposal for a Soil Monitoring Law, the first-ever dedicated piece of EU legislation on soil health
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United Nations
Gaza: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel
In a resolution adopted by 28 votes in favour, six against and 13 abstentions, the 47-member Human Rights Council backed a call "to cease the sale, transfer and diversion of…
Human Rights
Haitians ‘cannot wait’ for reign of terror by gangs to end: Rights chief
"The scale of human rights violations is unprecedented in Haiti's modern history," Volker Türk said in a video statement to the UN Human Rights Council, part of an interactive dialogue…
News
Customer Support Outsourcing: Enhancing Efficiency and Customer Satisfaction
Outsourcing customer support has become a strategic move for many businesses looking to enhance efficiency and improve customer satisfaction.
Human Rights
Haiti: Gangs have ‘more firepower than the police’
The consequences have plunged the Caribbean nation into an ongoing political and humanitarian crisis. Currently, there are “unprecedented levels of lawlessness”, UNODC’s regional representative Sylvie Bertrand told UN News.From Russian…
United Nations
Syria: Political deadlock and violence fuels humanitarian crisis
Briefing ambassadors at the UN Security Council, Geir Pedersen said that recent spike in violence, including airstrikes, rocket attacks and clashes between armed groups, underscored the urgent need for a…
Human Rights
UN report: Credible allegations Ukrainian POWs have been tortured by Russian forces
According to the Monitoring Mission, interviews conducted with 60 recently released Ukrainian POWs painted a harrowing picture of their experiences in Russian captivity.“Almost every single one of the Ukrainian POWs…
Human Rights
Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gaza
Francesca Albanese was speaking at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where she presented her latest report, entitled ‘Anatomy of a Genocide’, during an interactive dialogue with Member States.“Following…
Europe
First green light to new bill on firms’ impact on human rights and environment
MEPs on the Legal Affairs Committee adopted with 20 votes for, 4 against and no abstentions new, so-called “due diligence” rules, obliging firms to alleviate the adverse impact their activities…
Human Rights
Gaza: Rafah ground assault would increase risk of atrocity crimes
Spokesperson for Volker Türk in Geneva, Jeremy Laurence, told journalists that an already catastrophic situation could “slide deeper into the abyss” in the coming days if Israeli forces make their…