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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‘Eyes and ears’ of Human Rights Council facing funding crisis
UN News Sep 28, 2020 | 17:07 pmThe work of UN-appointed independent rights experts is at risk from a critical lack of funding, they warned on Monday.
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Rights experts denounce death sentence against Nigerian singer who posted on WhatsApp
UN News Sep 28, 2020 | 14:30 pmIndependent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release a singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song he performed and shared on social media.
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India: UN expert raises alarm over mass evictions of Delhi railway track dwellers
UN News Sep 28, 2020 | 14:01 pmAn independent UN human rights expert has voiced concern over an Indian Supreme Court order to evict up to 250,000 people living in shacks along railway tracks in the capital, Delhi, warning that such a move could violate the country’s[…]
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Ahead of biodiversity summit, UN officials call for action to preserve the natural world
UN News Sep 28, 2020 | 08:27 amTop UN officials working to preserve the natural world are urging “action now” ahead of a crucial biodiversity summit this week, where world leaders will reaffirm their commitment to the cause.
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Fresh Armenia-Azerbaijan clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh, as UN chief urges an end to fighting
UN News Sep 27, 2020 | 23:53 pmThe UN chief is “extremely concerned” over renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone that erupted on Sunday.
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Yemen’s warring parties agree to free more than 1,000 prisoners
UN News Sep 27, 2020 | 17:24 pmAt the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, the parties to the conflict in Yemen reached what the UN envoy there called “a very important milestone”, in agreeing to release a first group of detainees.
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Belarusian Minster denounces Western attempts to sow ‘chaos’, says threats against his country must end
UN News Sep 27, 2020 | 03:39 amPolitical and economic threats against Belarus “must end” the Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei told the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly on Saturday, accusing Western nations of trying to sow “chaos and anarchy” in the country.
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New ‘COVID-19 reality’ should compel some to put aside narrow interests and seek multilateral solutions, Syrian Minister says
UN News Sep 27, 2020 | 02:07 amAs some States continue to pursue their own narrow agendas above all else, the world is straying further from the principles that underpin international norms and the work of the United Nations, the Foreign Minister of Syria told the high-level[…]
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Sudan ready to return to international role but first needs support, Prime Minister says
UN News Sep 27, 2020 | 02:06 amSudan is eager to again contribute to the international community but will need assistance as it works to revitalize its tattered economy, Prime Minister Abdalla Adam Hamdok told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.
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‘Instead of nationalism, we need global cooperation’; Caribbean leaders call for united front against COVID-19 pandemic
UN News Sep 27, 2020 | 01:20 amLeaders from the Caribbean, in pre-recorded addresses to the UN General Assembly, stressed that their small economies are largely dependent on one or just a few industries, and called for strengthened global cooperation and financing mechanisms to overcome the health[…]
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