US won’t participate in UN Human Rights Council without reforms
By Edith M. Lederer U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives at Haneda international airport in Tokyo, as the first stop of his...
Associated Press 1
Mar 15, 2017
White House Seeks to Cut Billions in Funding for United Nations
State Department staffers have been instructed to seek cuts in excess of 50 percent in U.S. funding for U.N. programs, signaling an...
Foreign Policy
Mar 14, 2017
Rapporteur ‘disappointed’ UN rights panel divided on Myanmar
Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, delivers her report, during the 34th session of the Human...
Associated Press 1
Mar 13, 2017
South Africa revokes ICC withdrawal
South Africa issued a notice to formally revoke its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. The decision comes after...
The Guardian
Mar 8, 2017
Correspondence with UN Commissioner on Human Rights
Mr. Tognoni Secretary General Permanent People’s Tribunal Rome, Italy On behalf of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Zeid...
The Peoples Tribunal On Myanmar
Mar 7, 2017
UN says Trump's revised travel ban will worsen plight of refugees
Donald Trump’s new executive order affects citizens from six of the seven countries originally named. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Donald...
The Guardian
Mar 7, 2017
Hungary passes bill to detain all asylum seekers
UN refugee agency says automatic detention measure violates the country’s obligations under international law. A Hungarian policeman...
Al Jazeera
Mar 7, 2017
Syria: Latest Round of Peace Talks Between Government and Opposition Begin in Geneva
On 23 February, the Syrian government and opposition delegations gathered in Geneva to launch the fourth round of UN-sponsored...
!a Responsibility to Protect (RtoP) Weekly 1
Mar 3, 2017
U.N. human rights official criticizes federal relationship with Indian tribes
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, U.N. special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, raises concerns in May 2016 about the rights of...
Washington Post
Mar 3, 2017
Myanmar Accuses UN Envoy of Bias Over Rohingya Violence
Yanghee Lee (C), the UN's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, visits the Balu Khali Rohingya camp in Cox's...
May Wong | Channel News Asia
Feb 28, 2017
U.N. Human Rights Experts Unite to Condemn China Over Expulsions of Tibetans
By Edward Wong Buddhist monks at Larung Gar last year. A half-dozen United Nations experts have condemned the expulsions of monks and...
New York Times 1
Feb 27, 2017
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal: Myanmar state crimes against Rohingya and other Ethnic Minorities
Kachin and Rohingya activists in diaspora launch an international opinion tribunal on Myanmar's atrocity crimes against their ...
Evenbrite
Feb 26, 2017
