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New York, 23 September 2020 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) together with the UN, specialised agencies and partners today called on countries to develop and implement action plans to promote...

by Youssef Mahmoud Any assessment of unfolding global realities and those that lie ahead can give little hope to those yearning for a more just, peaceful, and prosperous world. The claim that war is...

To mark “Earth Overshoot Day,” which lands on 22 August this year, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing alarming statistics about journalists who cover environmental stories. At least ten...

Tomorrow (12 August), the Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on “Pandemics and the Challenges of Sustaining Peace” via videoconference (VTC). Indonesia’s Minister for Foreign...

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SC/14252 14 JULY 2020 SECURITY COUNCIL 8749TH MEETING (AM) Attacks against community leaders, human rights defenders, former combatants and women — along with the COVID-19 pandemic that is...

The Human Rights Council this morning held the second panel of its annual full-day discussion on the human rights of women, which focused on the theme “COVID-19 and women's rights”. It also held an...

Human Rights Council 3 July 2020 The Human Rights Council this morning began an interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education after concluding an interactive dialogue...

As billions of people are still under COVID-19 lockdown, the shadow pandemic of violence against women has been growing within homes around the world. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, violence...

GENEVA (3 June 2020) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed alarm at the clampdown on freedom of expression in parts of the Asia-Pacific during the COVID-19 crisis,...

One of the most powerful cyclones to hit the coast of Africa devastated the city of Beira, Mozambique, in March 2019. Cyclone Idai brought damaging winds, torrential rain, and claimed hundreds of...

In recent months, cyberattacks have been launched against medical facilities, including in the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Thailand, and the United States as well as against other health...

Step Up Releases from Jails, Prisons (New York) -- Many governments are not addressing the safety of detained children in their Covid-19 response, Human Rights Watch said today. Available data...

Overcrowding, Unsanitary Conditions Threaten Catastrophe (New York) – Asia’s overcrowded and unsanitary prisons, jails, and detention centers are at grave risk of COVID-19 outbreaks that threaten the...

The World Bank is actively working with ministries of education in dozens of countries in support of their efforts to utilize educational technologies of all sorts to provide remote learning...

"I was heartbroken when I saw my friends studying, whereas I did not have any option to continue my study. At that moment, I had a feeling that I may not be able to [participate in] any educational...