Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

Organisations

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

Published on: 26 May, 2021

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 ..

Published on: 24 May, 2021

WPFD 2021: Attacks on press freedom growing bolder amid rising authoritarianism

Collective action needed to stop the domino effect of silencing independent media

Published on: 2 May, 2021

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 ..

Published on: 27 April, 2021

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 ..

Published on: 26 April, 2021

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 ..

Published on: 21 April, 2021

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 ..

Published on: 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 ..

Published on: 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 ..

Published on: 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.

Published on: 16 March, 2021