Organisations

Amnesty releases manual on human rights of people with Albinism

UNITAR/NCD/THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW …
HIGH- LEVEL PANEL CALLS ON IMMEDIATE ACTION ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF COVID-19

High-level panel discussion on “Uninterrupted health services for NCDs during the COVID-19 crisis”
The Defeat-NCD Partnership at The United Nations Institute for Training and Research is hosting a high-level panel discussion on “Uninterrupted health services for NCDs during ..

‘Stop a slow death’: Callamard on Navalny’s redesignation as Prisoner of Conscience

WPFD 2021: Attacks on press freedom growing bolder amid rising authoritarianism
Collective action needed to stop the domino effect of silencing independent media

Talks in Geneva between the Greek Cypriot leader and Turkish Cypriot leader
This is the first such meeting since 2017 when talks about the divided island collapsed. The island has been divided since 1974. The Greek Cypriots ..

Libya/Amnesty & Government
According to the PM, he plans on having cabinet meetings in different cities regularly to show that they are a unity government for all of ..

The Hague/Rebuking Syria
French Ambassador Luis Vassy proposed stripping Syria of its voting rights at the annual meeting of members of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical ..

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 ..

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 ..

Yemeni rights group: US attacks killed and harmed civilians in Yemen

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 ..