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The human toll of Myanmar’s human rights crisis is mounting as armed conflict escalates and spreads, UN High Commissioner Volker Türk warned on Friday as he repeated a call for the situation in Myanmar as a whole to be referred to the International Criminal Court.
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “carnage” in Gaza as he presented his Office’s report on the Occupied Palestinian Territory to the Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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UN Rights Chief calls for an end to “carnage in Gaza”
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UN humanitarians deplore unacceptable conditions for medical evacuations and humanitarian aid delivery in Gaza
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This is a time of seismic global shocks, with conflicts battering the lives of millions of civilians and carving ever deeper fault-lines across and between nations, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Monday at the opening of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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In conflicts across the world, nations and their governments are ignoring “the rule of law and the rules of war” enshrined in the Geneva Conventions and the UN Charter, an alarming development highlighted by United Nations chief António Guterres at the opening of the Human Rights Council in Geneva...
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Summary: UN warns of severe mental health impact on children and families in Ukraine due to ongoing war. Thousands of hours spent underground, leading to PTSD symptoms. Civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of institutions exacerbate the crisis. Urgent need for psychological and...
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The armed conflict in Sudan has resulted in thousands of civilians killed, millions displaced, property looted, and children conscripted, as fighting has spread to more regions of the country, UN Human Rights spokesperson Seif Magango told the biweekly press briefing in Geneva.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that it had completed a second evacuation mission from Gaza's Nasser Hospital, transferring a total of 32 critical patients from the site despite access restrictions, amid ongoing hostilities.
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Following reports of unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters and restrictions on civic space, the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on the authorities to ensure that they uphold Senegal’s long-held tradition of democracy and respect for human rights.