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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
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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Edited News , Conferences | HRC , OHCHR , UNITED NATIONS
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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Edited News | UNICEF , IFRC
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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Edited News | OHCHR
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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Edited News | WHO
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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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
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.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
At the bi-weekly press briefing in Geneva, Liz Throssell presented a report released today by the UN Human Rights Office on Syrian returnees. Many Syrians who had fled the war face gross human rights violations and abuses upon their return to Syria.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN Human Rights Office on Friday expressed its alarm at proposed legislative changes in Iraq which could result in the death penalty being imposed for consensual same-sex relations.
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday issued an urgent warning about the deepening human rights catastrophe in Haiti, after figures showed that January was the most violent month in more than two years.
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Edited News | WHO , OHCHR
The unrelenting war in Gaza hasn’t spared hospitals, their staff or the people sheltering there, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, as it unveiled data indicating more than 350 attacks on healthcare in the enclave since hostilities erupted.