Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Organisations

UN Human Rights Council on Palestine

Voting on the usual resolutions concerning Palestine will take place on April 3rd& 4th.

29 March, 2023

Amnesty annual report

Amnesty said 2022 may be a ‘turning point for the international order’, but not on human rights.

28 March, 2023

UN Security Council

Countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism conducive to terrorism by strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and regional organisations.

28 March, 2023

Human Rights Council on Libya

On June 22, 2020, the United Nations Human Rights Council established the Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya by resolution 43/39 for a period of one…

27 March, 2023

UN Security Council on Sudan

The chair of the 1591 Sudan Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Harold Adlai Agyeman (Ghana), is also expected to provide the quarterly briefing to the Security Council…

20 March, 2023

UN Security Council on Yemen

The head of the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement, Major General Michael Beary, briefed the Council during consultations.

16 March, 2023

OHCHR on China

Background includes widespread criticism, including from the OHCHR, on China’s treatment of the Uyghur community in Xinjiang.

16 February, 2023

Child protesters in Thailand face ‘severe repercussions’

To date, nearly 300 under-18s have faced criminal charges, with some at risk of years in prison after being accused of sedition or insulting the…

8 February, 2023

Human Rights Watch report on Iraq

The report says that almost 500 demonstrators were killed by Iraqi security forces and state-backed armed groups during the few weeks of anti-govt protests, according…

29 November, 2022

Human Rights report on children

The 63-page report documents the experiences of approximately 100 children who have been repatriated or returned to France, Germany, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Sweden, the UK, and…

23 November, 2022

The effect of climate on world heritage

On the agenda is the effect of climate on world heritage, the importance of doing more to preserve African heritage as well as announcing a…

17 November, 2022