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UN human rights chief 'not able to speak to' any detained Uygurs or their families in Xinjiang
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoUnited Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet confirmed on Wednesday that she was "not able to...
December 10th is the 75th Human Rights Day
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDecember 10th is Human Rights Day. On Friday, President Joe Biden issued a presidential proclamation declaring December 10 Human Rights Day and this week...
Perspective: The scandal of ‘parental alienation’
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 9 months agoZoë Petersen, Deseret News The United Nations has numerous “special rapporteurs,” who are independent experts chosen by the Human Rights Council to look...
The Biden-Modi Meeting Was a Failure for Democracy
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUS President Joe Biden, left, and Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, toast during a state dinner at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on...
US veto at UN to shield Israel could weaken its Ukraine rallying cry
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoU.S. credibility rallying support for issues like Ukraine may have been compromised, some diplomats...
Ukraine-Russia war – live: Moscow fails in bid to return to UN’s top human rights body
The Independent UK via AOL· 7 months agoRussia failed in its bid to return to the United Nations’ top human rights body on Tuesday, in a...
Louis B. Sohn: UGA law professor and scholar was dedicated to human rights
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLouis B. Sohn spent his life promoting international law and peace. The staunch human rights...
How changing the United Nations will help Indigenous peoples and the world
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 year agoColonialism and market forces are destroying the planet and affecting Indigenous peoples’ health, a...
US imposes sanctions on Sudanese paramilitary leader for human rights abuses in monthslong conflict
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on Sudanese paramilitary commander Abdel-Rahim Hamdan...
Landmines are being used again. Bold UN action must help their post-conflict victims
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA generation after the Ottawa mine ban treaty, a new conflict sees the use of land mines rise again....