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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World ‘must engage’ or risk Afghanistan’s collapse, Security Council hears
UN News Sep 27, 2022 | 21:06 pm“Patience is running out” for many in the international community when it comes to effectively engaging with Afghanistan’s de facto rulers, the Taliban, senior UN envoy for the country, Markus Potzel, told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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UN urges investment in clean, sustainable tourism, as numbers bounce back
UN News Sep 27, 2022 | 18:51 pmInternational tourism is showing strong signs of recovery, with tourist numbers rising to 57 per cent of pre-pandemic levels. On World Tourism Day, marked on Tuesday, the UN is calling for a major global rethink of the sector, to ensure[…]
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‘Dire’ and deteriorating pattern of rights abuse continues in Ukraine
UN News Sep 27, 2022 | 17:57 pmOngoing armed attacks by Russia against Ukraine have led to devastating human rights abuses there, according to a new report released on Tuesday by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission for the war-torn country (HRMMU).
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Iran: UN human rights office condemns violent crackdown against hijab protests
UN News Sep 27, 2022 | 17:28 pmAuthorities in Iran must fully respect the rights of protestors calling for justice for Mahsa Amini, the young woman who died in custody after being arrested for allegedly violating strict dress codes, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on[…]
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Russia: Alarm over arrests of military mobilization protesters
UN News Sep 27, 2022 | 15:55 pmIn Russia, nearly 2,400 people have reportedly been arrested for protesting against the Kremlin’s mobilisation call-up to fight in Ukraine, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday.
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In a world of new challenges, ‘we need to build on what unites us’, Assembly President tells UN Member States
UN News Sep 27, 2022 | 01:05 amAfter a week of discussions on Member States’ priorities, challenges and impacts, the high-level portion of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly concluded on Monday, with the presiding official observing that the sheer number of participants indicated the[…]
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Security Council urged to act in face of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ in Haiti
UN News Sep 26, 2022 | 23:27 pmThe Security Council must act urgently to support Haiti as the gang, economic, and fuel supply crises there “intersect in altogether new and frightening ways”, the head of the UN Mission in the country, BINUH, said on Monday.
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Ukraine: UN and partners ramp up assistance to over 150,000 in Kharkiv region
UN News Sep 26, 2022 | 22:38 pmThe UN and its humanitarian partners are stepping up efforts to assist more than 150,000 people who have been impacted by fighting across the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, where Government forces recently announced they had regained full control after months[…]
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Russia school shooting: Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ by attack which left 15 dead
UN News Sep 26, 2022 | 22:01 pmThe UN chief on Monday issued a statement expressing deep sadness at the death of 15 people, including 11 children, at a school in the Russian city of Izhevsk, following an attack by a lone gunman who killed himself at[…]
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DPRK lashes out against international system governed by ‘exclusive Western values’
UN News Sep 26, 2022 | 21:29 pmThe Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the UN said on Monday that global security is in its worst state since the Second World War, owing to the high-handedness of some countries attempting to replace the[…]
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