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UN high commissioner warns of 'full-scale' Israel-Lebanon war
dpa international via Yahoo News· 5 days ago"I am extremely worried about the escalating situation between Lebanon and Israel," the Türk told...
Campaigners urge UN rights chief to act on China Xinjiang abuse report
WSAU Wausau· 3 days agoBy Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Campaign groups called on the United Nations human rights chief on...
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Foreign Relations· 19 hours agoThe United Nations recognized rape as a war crime in 2008 through the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1820. Despite this step ...
UN human rights expert: Iran atrocities go beyond 1988 massacre, will finally be declared 'genocide'
Just the News· 4 days agoThe findings were presented at the United Nations Office in Geneva by Rapporteur Javaid Rehman, who...
UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe United Nations' top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the...
Allegations of human rights abuses ‘unfounded’, Barrick Gold tells UNHRC
WHTC 1450 Holland· 3 days ago(Reuters) - Barrick Gold said in a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday that allegations ...
UN human rights chief: situation in West Bank 'drastically deteriorating'
Reuters via AOL· 5 days agoThe United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday warned that the rights situation in the West Bank,...
UN rapporteur calls for Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ to be codified as crime against humanity
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days ago#HRC56 pic.twitter.com/UCnuw7pBvL — United Nations Human Rights Council #HRC56 (@UN_HRC) June 18,...
UN rights chief: Rohingya have 'nowhere to flee' in western Myanmar fighting
Reuters via AOL· 5 days agoTens of thousands of Muslim-minority Rohingya, who were feared to be trapped amid fighting in western Myanmar, had nowhere to flee, the United Nations & ...
UN rights chief warns situation in West Bank ‘dramatically deteriorating’
Al Jazeera· 5 days agoThe top United Nations human rights official has warned of the worsening situation for Palestinians...