

UN Announces Plan to Address Overdue Elections in Libya
A new UN plan for Libya aims to overcome political deadlock, put the country back on the path to long-awaited presidential elections and...
United Nations
Dec 16, 2024


COP29 and Azerbaijan's human rights abuses
Photo Credit: Massis Post On November 1, 2024 the Conference of Parties (COP) will host its 29th session in Baku, Azerbaijan. COP is the...
Genocide Watch
Oct 31, 2024


Mitrovica bridge will reopen: Kosovo Interior Minister
Kosovo’s interior minister tells BIRN that discussions are continuing about the reopening of the symbolic main bridge in Mitrovica and...
Jetta Xhara
Oct 31, 2024


Ukraine Joins the ICC
Deputy Minister of Justice Iryna Mudra submitted Ukraine’s ratification instrument for the Rome Statute to the UN Secretariat on Friday,...
UKRINFORM
Oct 25, 2024


UN: Hungary's 'Church Law' threatens religious freedom
Despite claiming to be a defender of Christian values, Viktor Orban’s government has long faced accusations from critics that it...
Alexander Faludy
Oct 18, 2024


UN Failed to Act as U.S. Aid Was Looted in Ethiopia
By Giulia Paravicini and Steve Stecklow U.S. officials talk of 'industrial level' theft. Donated grain, they say, was funneled to the...
Reuters
Oct 18, 2024


Over 700,000 internally displaced in Haiti
More than half of those displaced are children, the UN agency for migration says, calling for international support. People wait for food...
Al Jazeera
Oct 9, 2024


UN Weighs Suspending Relief to Ethiopia's Amhara
By Reade Levinson and Giulia Paravicini Five aid workers killed, 10 assaulted, 11 kidnapped in Amhara between January and June 2024 Some...
Reuters
Oct 8, 2024


Disruption to Health Services in Amhara Amid Armed Conflicts
Addis Abeba – The escalating insecurity in the Amhara region, fueled by “persistent and newly emerging” armed conflicts, is severely...
Addis Standard
Oct 1, 2024


Russian torture ‘common practice’ in Ukraine: UN
Russian authorities are using torture “with a sense of impunity” in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva...
United Nations
Sep 29, 2024


Why the UN has failed to prevent genocide
Looking Backward into The Future: Why the United Nations Has Failed to Prevent Genocide The Cairo Review September 19, 2024 By Gregory H....
Genocide Watch
Sep 23, 2024


UN Human Rights Chief fears repeat of Myanmar Genocide
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk. credit United Nations Myanmar: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Türk deplores...
United Nations
Aug 23, 2024