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Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected in municipal and international law.

 

The African human rights system is composed of several human rights treaties—or agreements between the African Union member states—and the mechanisms that monitor compliance with these treaties. … It also recognizes people’s rights, such as the right to development and self-determination.

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Ukraine war: Trauma ‘risks destroying a generation’, Security Council hears

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Sima Bahous, Executive Director of the UN gender equality and empowerment agency, UN Women, said reports of rape and other crimes are emerging as huge numbers of displaced Ukrainians continue fleeing their homes amid the presence of conscripted soldiers and mercenaries, and against the backdrop of brutal killings of civilians. ‘Gendered crisis’ Ms. Bahous recounted her recently-ended trip to the… Read More
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Rights chief highlights urgent need for action over thousands missing in Syria

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“The scale of this tragedy is daunting, with people going missing in different contexts, such as during hostilities, displacement or in detention. All too often, this is connected with a range of human rights violations and abuses,” she said, speaking via videolink from Geneva.  “Men and women, as well as children, including boys as young as 11, have suffered sexual… Read More
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Roma rights advocates warn of rising hate speech: Many ‘don’t even know’ they’re being racist

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Nonetheless, racist slurs and hate speech spiked on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic, with some people going as far as blaming the Roma – who are Romania’s largest ethnic minority – for the spread of the virus. “Hate-speech is especially present in times of crisis,” said Csaba Ferenc Asztalos, President of the National Council for Combating Discrimination, Romania’s anti-discrimination… Read More

UN chief welcomes new Somali mission, lauds work of African Union

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In the statement issued by his Spokesperson, Secretary-General António Guterres urged all partners to “urgently ensure sustainable and predictable funding” for the recently established African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), and help fund Somali security forces in support of the country’s security transition. The statement added that the UN chief “looks forward to working closely with the African Union, Federal Government… Read More
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Ukraine: UN’s Guterres joins call for Bucha war crimes probe

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The Secretary-General’s comments came after shocking images from Bucha on the outskirts of Kyiv showed hundreds of dead people, some with bullet wounds and their hands tied behind their backs and others burned or in mass graves, in areas previously under the control of Russian troops. Mr. Guterres, who was addressing the UN Security Council, said that an independent probe was… Read More
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El Salvador: Response to the rise in gang killings ‘cruel and inhuman’

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Since the state of emergency adopted on 27 March, police and military personnel in the country have been deployed to some gang strongholds, in an effort to contain the violence. But, according to recent reports, more than 5,747 people have been detained without an arrest warrant, and some have reportedly “been subjected to alleged cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment”, said… Read More
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Sri Lanka: Mishandling of economic crisis triggers alarm over rights violations 

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OHCHR said that the situation has worsened and that there have been shortages of food and fuel, along with power cuts, prompting new protests by desperate Sri Lankans.   Following the state of emergency and other restrictions, Liz Throssell, Spokesperson for OHCHR said her office was “concerned that such measures are aimed at preventing or discouraging people from legitimately expressing their… Read More
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Bucha killings raise ‘serious’ questions about possible war crimes: Bachelet

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In a statement on Monday, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said she was horrified by the images of people lying dead on the streets and in improvised graves.  “Reports emerging from this and other areas, raise serious and disturbing questions about possible war crimes, grave breaches of international humanitarian law and serious violations of international human rights law,” she… Read More
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Interview: Slave trade reparations ‘essential’, 1619 Project founder tells UN News

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Nikole Hannah-Jones The 1619 Project is a book that commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first ship that brought the first Africans to the British colony of Virginia. We mark that as the real beginning of American slavery in the original 13 colonies that would form the United States. And what the project tries to do, through a series of… Read More
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Syria: Rights experts call for humanitarian access to detained children

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Their statement comes in the aftermath of a deadly jailbreak in January at a facility in the Al-Hasekeh region, led by ISIL combatants in an attempt to free detained counterparts.  🇸🇾#Syria: Concern for welfare of children arbitrarily held in detention centres & those missing, after January attack on ISIL prison. 100 boys still unaccounted for. UN experts call for humanitarian… Read More
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