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Category: Human Rights

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.

Human Rights 

UN Security Council ‘utterly failed’ Syrian detainees; a victim voices her plea to ‘end impunity and stop this horror’ 

Village Reporter
In a rare opportunity for the Council to hear directly from family members of people forcibly disappeared, Ms. Khoulani spelled out: “It is your responsibility to protect Syrians from a system that kills, tortures and illegally detains its own citizens”.    Speaking on behalf of the women-led movement, launched in 2017 by families whose loved ones had been detained and disappeared, she painted… Read More
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Four in 10 indigenous languages at risk of disappearing, warn UN human rights experts

Village Reporter
In an appeal to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Friday (9 August), UN-appointed experts said that “nation-building” had been largely responsible for “ongoing discrimination” against native speakers. “Over time, such policies can undermine and effectively destroy a culture and even a people”, the experts cautioned, before insisting that indigenous languages allowed freedom of expression and… Read More
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Intensified Al Qaeda and ISIL activity in Yemen ‘deeply worrying’, says UN Human Rights Office

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In a statement, the spokesperson noted that, during the period, the Office has verified 19 civilian deaths, and 42 injured, in districts of Taiz, Sa’ada and Aden. The majority of the deaths resulted from an attack in the Al Thabet market area of Sa’ada Governorate on 29 July, in which 14 civilians were killed and 26 injured.  In the Al-Rawdhah… Read More
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All States have ‘primary responsibility’ to protect against hate attacks: UN’s Bachelet

Village Reporter
Speaking to journalists in Geneva, Michelle Bachelet’s spokesperson, Rupert Colville, from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), welcomed US condemnation of “racism, hatred and white supremacy” in the wake of these “two awful tragedies” which claimed at least 29 lives in Texas and Ohio on Saturday. “We unequivocally condemn racism, xenophobia and intolerance – including white… Read More
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Colombia offers nationality rights to Venezuelan children born there: UN hails ‘very important step’

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“This resolution is a contribution towards regular and safe migration, which hopefully will facilitate the recognition of the fundamental rights of Venezuelan children, as well as contribute to their integration into the society,” Ana Durán Salvatierra, IOM’s Chief of Mission in Colombia, said on Tuesday. The resolution, which was announced by President Iván Duque, will enter into force on 20 August and… Read More
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Security Council must ‘come together’ to address the plight of children trapped in armed conflict, says UN envoy

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“Children exposed to alarming levels of violence should not be further ostracized once released from armed groups and armed forces”, she upheld. “We must allow these children to be considered as what they are: victims of a conflict”. She asked the Council to work for humanitarian access in resolutions and bilateral relations, explaining that “we can strain every sinew at… Read More
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New UN report shows record number of children killed and maimed in conflict

Village Reporter
In the 20 conflict situations monitored in the 2018 edition of the Annual Report of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, released Tuesday, more than 12,000 children were killed or maimed that year. A ‘disheartened’ Secretary-General António Guterres said that he was “particularly appalled” by the unprecedented numbers of grave violations committed against children. Children continue to be used… Read More
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Conflict, climate change among factors that increase ‘desperation that enables human trafficking to flourish’, says UN chief

Village Reporter
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), some 72 per cent of detected victims are women and girls, and the percentage of child victims has more than doubled from 2004 to 2016. “Most detected victims are trafficked for sexual exploitation; victims are also trafficked for forced labour, recruitment as child soldiers and other forms of exploitation and… Read More
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Murder of Brazilian indigenous leader a ‘worrying symptom’ of land invasion

Village Reporter
Emrya Wajãpi was killed on July 23 in Amapá, a region in the far north of Brazil, bordering French Guyana.  According to media reports, witnesses saw a number of gold miners enter the protected reserve of the Wajãpi community, then stab their leader to death. “The murder of Emrya Wajãpi, leader of the indigenous Wajãpi people, is tragic and reprehensible… Read More
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Easing ‘classroom crisis’ in Côte d’Ivoire, brick by (plastic) brick

Village Reporter
“This factory will be at the cutting edge of smart, scalable solutions for some of the major education challenges that Africa’s children and communities face,” said UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore. “Its potential is threefold: more classrooms for children in Côte d’Ivoire, reduced plastic waste in the environment, and additional income avenues for the most vulnerable families.” Côte d’Ivoire needs… Read More
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