Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Reports

Huhman rights in North Korea

Salmón, who was appointed by the Human Rights Council in 2022, will present her report to the General Assembly in October this year.

12 September, 2023

Food Crisis Report

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) will launch the report with its partners, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN…

12 July, 2023

UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan

Stakeout after meeting with UN Sudan envoy Volker Perthes.

22 May, 2023

UN Security Council

UN Security Council It also holds closed consultations on the 1559 report – Lebanon and foreign forces.

8 May, 2023

Amnesty annual report

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

28 March, 2023

US Country Reports on Human Rights

Acting Assistant Secretary Erin Barclay of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor will take questions in the Briefing Room immediately following Secretary Blinken’s…

20 March, 2023

Syria’s war and recent earthquakes

Entire neighbourhoods in northern Syria have been rendered uninhabitable, and collective shelters are more overcrowded than ever, it said.

14 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

The UN report on Afghanistan

UNSG’s special representative Ramiz Alakbarov told local media in early July that he wants to see girls allowed back to school.

21 July, 2022