Newsletter from UN human rights organisation
Die Menschenrechte im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
Bereits die Charta der Vereinten Nationen von 1945 enthält den klaren Auftrag an die Staatengemeinschaft, die Achtung und Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und Grundrechte für alle zu fördern. Der Grundstein für den internationalen Schutz der Menschenrechte wurde mit der 1948 verabschiedeten Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte gelegt.
Der Newsticker informiert über aktuelle Ereignisse zum Thema Menschenrechte.
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UNICEF ‘outraged’ by killing of Gaza water truck drivers, urges investigation
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 18, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has raised alarm over the killing of two contracted workers delivering clean water to families in the Gaza Strip.
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UN chief strongly condemns killing of another peacekeeper in southern Lebanon
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 18, 2026 | 14:00 pmA UN peacekeeper has been killed and three others injured after a UNIFIL patrol came under fire in southern Lebanon, the mission said on Saturday.
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Why lower fertility does not have to mean economic decline
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 18, 2026 | 14:00 pmGlobally, most people say they want two or more children, but many are having only one, or none at all. According to a senior UN economist, fears of a demographic timebomb are unwarranted.
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As the ‘world court’ turns 80, Guterres says law must prevail over force
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 17, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe world is at a “moment of crisis” and countries must reaffirm commitment to international law amid rising violations and geopolitical tensions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said at an event on Friday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the International[…]
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‘Slaughtered like goats’: Despair and abandonment in South Sudan
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 17, 2026 | 14:00 pmSenior UN officials painted a sorry picture of South Sudan on Friday at the Security Council, describing political turmoil, rising violence, hunger and disease, amid budget cuts that are limiting the ability of the UN peacekeeping mission to protect civilians.
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UNESCO grants ‘enhanced protection’ to cultural heritage sites in the Middle East
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 17, 2026 | 14:00 pmSince the Middle East war started on 28 February, several sites of major cultural significance have come under attack in Israel, Iran and Lebanon. Ensuring their protection is the task of the UN agency for education, science and culture, UNESCO.
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More than half of Haitians continue to face food crisis
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 17, 2026 | 14:00 pm5.8 million Haitians, or roughly 52 per cent of the population, are facing crisis levels of food insecurity, or worse. Of those, more than 1.8 million are dealing with emergency levels, which means they are exhausting their last assets and unable[…]
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World News in Brief: Myanmar amnesty, rising needs in Afghanistan, another power loss at Ukraine nuclear plant
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 17, 2026 | 14:00 pmAuthorities in Myanmar released the country’s ousted president from prison on Friday, along with some 4,000 other people, as part of an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year festival.
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Sudan: Three quarters of women feel unsafe as war rages on
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 17, 2026 | 14:00 pmAcross war-torn Sudan, women and girls “are telling a consistent story of continued experience of danger, and risks for gender-based violence” whether when fleeing to safety or arriving at displacement camps, a senior official with the UN reproductive and sexual[…]
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Gender, geography and powerbroking in play in race for next UN chief
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Apr 17, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe choice of the tenth UN Secretary-General, who will take office in January 2027, could shape global diplomacy, the response to crises across the world and the direction of the multilateral system for the next decade.
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