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UN rights expert calls on Algeria to pardon convicted protesters

·September 26, 2023·2 min read

“The Government must loosen tight restrictions on assemblies and associations to bring laws and practice into conformity with the national Constitution and international human rights law”, said Clément Voule, Special Rapporteur on the right to assembly, in a statement at the end of a 10-day official visit to Algeria. He...

Haitian Prime Minister calls for urgent deployment of multinational force to quash gang violence

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·September 25, 2023·2 min read

Armed groups control areas of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and some towns, blocking roads, driving citizens from their homes, and forcing the closure of schools, hospitals and businesses. Lives in danger The “non-exhaustive” list of violations and crimes they have committed includes massacres, kidnappings, pillaging, sexual violence, human trafficking and child...

UN calls for ‘clear-eyed’ vision for peace and security, as peacebuilders meet in New York

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·September 23, 2023·1 min read

The Secretary-General’s New Agenda for Peace aims to address these complex challenges through multilateralism, rooted in the UN Charter and international law, centred on trust, solidarity, and universality. It comes amid criticism from some Member States that the UN is no longer playing an effective role in peacebuilding and peacekeeping,...

UNESCO calls for regulations on AI use in schools

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·September 7, 2023·1 min read

The agency is also calling for guardrails on data protection and user privacy. Publicly available GenAI tools, such as ChatGPT, can produce automated text, images, videos, music and software code. The platforms have evolved rapidly and are already in use by hundreds of millions around the world, including many students....

Niger: IOM calls for humanitarian corridor to help stranded migrants

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·September 2, 2023·1 min read

IOM Regional Director Christopher Gascon told reporters in Geneva that 4,800 migrants were hosted by IOM at seven transit centres in the country, awaiting voluntary return. They were primarily from western Africa: Mali, Guinea, Senegal and Nigeria, he said. Charter flights Mr. Gascon said airport access was crucial to “organise...

Guterres calls for end to ‘atrocious crime’ of enforced disappearances

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·August 31, 2023·2 min read

Enforced disappearance has regularly been used as a tool for instilling fear and exert control over a population. The feeling of insecurity it generates is not limited to close relatives of the disappeared, but also their communities and society as a whole. In a post on social media platform X,...

Guterres calls for peaceful resolution of election disputes in Zimbabwe

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·August 28, 2023·1 min read

Citizens went to the polls on Wednesday but voting had to be extended into Thursday in some areas, including the capital, Harare, due to a lack of ballot papers. President Emmerson Mnangagwa secured a second five-year term in results announced late on Saturday. His party, ZANU-PF, has been in power...

WHO calls for greater investment in Afghanistan’s health system

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·August 21, 2023·1 min read

Afghanistan continues to face a humanitarian crisis brought on by decades of instability, exacerbated by severe drought and natural disasters. As a result, millions are living with poor or no access to healthcare and food, putting them at severe risk of malnutrition and disease outbreaks. WHO added that the vulnerability of...

During visit to Greece, UN official calls for enhanced refugee protection

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·July 30, 2023·1 min read

During the visit, Ms. Triggs mentioned that one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean happened just over a month ago. Protecting refugee rights “The Pylos tragedy and the other devastating tragedies in the Mediterranean underscore the primacy of saving lives and protecting the rights of people forced to flee....

Türk calls on Israeli Government to ‘heed the calls of the people’ over judicial reform

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·July 28, 2023·1 min read

Volker Türk said he had been “following developments closely” in Israel, where parliamentarians supporting the hard-line nationalist Government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu passed a bill on Monday which in effect strips the Supreme Court of its power to block Government decisions. Opposition parties boycotted the vote which came after...

On 70th anniversary of Korean armistice, Guterres calls for renewed dialogue

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·July 27, 2023·1 min read

His message marked the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement that ended the hostilities and established a demilitarized zone, about 240 kilometres long and 4 kilometres wide, as a buffer. The conflict however never officially ended because the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Republic of Korea...

Sudan: UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave

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·July 13, 2023·2 min read

The victims, who included members of the Masalit ethnic community, were allegedly killed last month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said, citing credible information. Local people were forced to dispose of the bodies in a mass grave outside the regional...