Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Organisations

The UN Population Report

Nearly half of women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to decide whether to have sex with their partners, use contraception or seek…

14 April, 2021

UN/ISIL

The UN says that ISIL is regrouping in Syria. The UN Special Envoy for the country has told Al Jazeera that signs pointing to the…

28 March, 2021

Yemen/UN/Migrants 

The UN on Tuesday called for an investigation into a fire that killed dozens of migrants at a holding facility in Sanaa after Human Rights…

17 March, 2021

Harris on status of women

The Trump administration cut off U.S. money to UNFPA, the UN agency dealing with women’s health needs; Biden restored funding shortly after taking office.

16 March, 2021

UNSC on Yemen

Security Council holds open virtual briefing on Yemen (regular monthly briefing), followed by closed consultations.

16 March, 2021

US/Migrants

“Tens of thousands of migrant families, including Venezuelans seeking protection from torture, persecution, and arbitrary imprisonment, have been abandoned by the U.S. and Mexican governments…

7 March, 2021

UN/UNSC on Tigray

The UNSC is expected to hold a closed discussion on the situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region on Thursday. The US, UK, France, Ireland, Norway, and…

4 March, 2021

Syria/Humanitarian crisis

The President of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Khaled Hboubati, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, and the…

4 March, 2021