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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First Person: ‘Courageous’ 12-year-old reports relative after being raped in Madagascar
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 29, 2024 | 13:00 pmA 12-year-girl who was allegedly raped repeatedly by her stepfather has been described by Madagascar’s Chief Inspector of Police as “courageous” after she came forward to tell her story during an information session on gender-based violence supported by the United[…]
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Bold action needed now to address ‘cataclysmic’ situation in Haiti
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmImmediate and bold action is required to tackle the “cataclysmic” situation in Haiti, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a report issued on Thursday.
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Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to deteriorate.
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Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to end
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmGaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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New $1.4 billion plan to support South Sudanese refugees
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmThe UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees in five African countries and local communities hosting them.
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Russia: Rights experts condemn continued imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmRussia must immediately release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been detained without evidence for a year, two UN human rights experts said on Thursday.
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World News in Brief: Russia vetoes DPR Korea sanctions resolution, children under fire in Sudan, drought plagues Malawi
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 28, 2024 | 13:00 pmA United States resolution to extend the mandate of an expert panel which monitors sanctions against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) was vetoed by Russia in the Security Council on Thursday.
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First Person: ‘We had to avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets’ in Darfur
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 27, 2024 | 13:00 pmA former UN staff member who worked for a decade in Sudan’s Darfur region for the African Union-United Nations mission, UNAMID, has told UN News how she had to “avoid stepping on the bodies in the streets” as she fled[…]
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World News in Brief: Civilian deaths in Ukraine, refugees in Cameroon at risk, older women facing abuse, cholera in Somalia
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 27, 2024 | 13:00 pmThe UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine said on Wednesday that she was “shocked and appalled by the horrifying reports” of civilians, including small children, being killed and injured by Russian strikes.
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Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 27, 2024 | 13:00 pm“What you do makes me cry at night,” 13-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki told the 1992 Earth Summit in Brazil in a message that resonates today as the world grapples with climate change.
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