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
Muslim Leader in Bosnia Asks to Reopen Genocide Case Against Serbia
PARIS — The Muslim member of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency on Thursday asked the highest United Nations court to reopen a 2007 case that...
New York Times 1
Feb 24, 2017
End of Mission Statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar
I would like to first thank the Government of Bangladesh for allowing me to undertake a visit to the country, particularly to Cox’s...
Genocide Watch
Feb 24, 2017
South African Court blocks Government's International Criminal Court Withdrawal Bid
South Africa’s High Court blocked the government’s attempt to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, the...
Christopher Torchia | International s
Feb 23, 2017
Bosnia Appeals Against UN Court's Serbia Genocide Ruling
Bosnia has formally asked the UN's top court to review its ruling which cleared Serbia of genocide in the 1990s, Bosnia's Muslim leader...
BBC News
Feb 23, 2017
South African High Court Rejects ICC Withdrawal
South Africa’s North Gauteng High Court today ruled that the government’s attempt to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
Human Rights Watch
Feb 22, 2017
Statement by United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on the Situation in South
UNITED NATIONS PRESS RELEASE Statement by Adama Dieng, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation...
United Nations
Feb 16, 2017
Civilians in Syria’s ‘Four Towns’ need support as humanitarian catastrophe looms – UN relief officia
In Madaya, Rural Damascus, children and their families wait for permissions to leave the besieged Syrian town. Photo: UNICEF/Omar...
Genocide Watch
Feb 15, 2017
