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Top UN officials continued to line up on Tuesday to defend the irreplaceable role of the global body’s agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, insisting that if implemented, the Israeli parliament’s decision to ban it would only deepen suffering in Gaza. Source UN News Read More

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France: hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts

October 28, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

Independent human rights experts on Monday called on France to reverse bans that prevent Muslim women and girls who wear the hijab from participating in sports, citing concerns that these restrictions are discriminatory and violate international human rights obligations. Source UN News Read More

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World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve global problems

October 26, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

Sudan’s humanitarian crisis continues to deepen, with ongoing fighting between rival militaries displacing millions. Source UN News Read More

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Rights expert calls for ending discriminatory policies and practices in sport

October 25, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

The UN Special Rapporteur on cultural rights called on Thursday for States to act now to remove stereotypes in sport and ensure non-discrimination for all those competing. Source UN News Read More

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UN renews call to protect civilians, as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key Beirut hospital

October 22, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

The UN’s top human rights official on Tuesday urged an immediate halt to hostilities in Lebanon following an overnight Israeli airstrike near a major hospital in Beirut that reportedly killed at least 18 people, including four children. Source UN News Read More

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Palestine: International law obliges Israel to end occupation, says rights panel

October 19, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

All States and international organizations, including the United Nations, have obligations under international law to bring to an end Israel’s unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, according to a new legal position paper released Friday by a top independent human rights panel. Source UN News Read More

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Freedom of expression also under fire in Gaza war, rights expert says

October 18, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

No conflict in recent times has threatened freedom of expression so far beyond its borders as the war in Gaza, an expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday in New York. Source UN News Read More

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Signing ceremony for contribution agreements between WHO and France

October 18, 2024 Global AuthorHealth News

Geneva 17 October 2024 – This afternoon, His Excellency Mr Jérôme Bonnafont, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in Geneva, and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met in the WHO headquarters for the signing of seven contribution agreements. The contribution totalling €24 million comes through the Ministry of Europe & Foreign Affairs. It fits in the France–WHO… Read More

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World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women in the military, olive farmers in Palestine

October 17, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

A staggering 97 percent of Sudan’s internally displaced along with civilians who’ve remained, are facing severe levels of hunger UN independent experts warned on Thursday, accusing Government troops and their rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of using “starvation tactics” against 25 million civilians in the country. Source UN News Read More

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Lebanon crisis: UN human rights office calls for probe into Israeli strike

October 16, 2024 Village Reporterhuman rights

With no let-up to the ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict, the UN human rights office on Tuesday called for an independent probe into an Israeli airstrike that hit an apartment block in northern Lebanon a day earlier that left a reported 22 dead. Source UN News Read More

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UNRWA cannot be replaced, say UN top officials in response to Knesset ban

France: hijab ban during sports, ‘discriminatory and must be reversed’ say experts

World News in Brief: Sudan food crisis update, justice in Thailand, UN can solve global problems

Rights expert calls for ending discriminatory policies and practices in sport

UN renews call to protect civilians, as deadly Israeli strike hits close to key Beirut hospital

Palestine: International law obliges Israel to end occupation, says rights panel

Freedom of expression also under fire in Gaza war, rights expert says

Signing ceremony for contribution agreements between WHO and France

World News in Brief: Famine in Sudan, 400,000 now in Syria from Lebanon, women in the military, olive farmers in Palestine

Lebanon crisis: UN human rights office calls for probe into Israeli strike