VOA News
- May 20
Taliban Shutter Afghan Human Rights Commission
“I am dismayed at the reported decision of the Taliban to dissolve the country’s Independent Human Rights Commission,” said U.N. High...
Al Jazeera
- Mar 7
Nearly 400 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan Under Taliban Rule
It is the first major human rights report since the Taliban seized power from the former US-backed government in August. Taliban members...
The Guardian
- Jan 31
Afghanistan: More Than 100 Believed Killed Despite Taliban Amnesty Offer
Extrajudicial killings allegedly carried out despite Taliban assurances of safety for those linked to previous leadership or foreign...
The Guardian
- Nov 3, 2021
Bosnia In Danger Of Breaking Up
A high representative says threat by Serb separatists to create their own army risks return of conflict. The international community’s...
The Guardian
- Aug 4, 2021
Myanmar’s UN envoy accuses junta of massacre
Kyaw Moe Tun, who has defied regime attempts to sack him, tells UN it must take action over killings in remote Sagaing area. A protest in...
Genocide Watch
- Jul 17, 2021
UN Secretary-General on International Criminal Justice
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres [File photo/Agencies] Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the adoption of the Rome...
Genocide Watch
- Jul 7, 2021
DR Congo & UN Plan to fight violence in east
A new government action plan in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to reverse the urgent and tragic...
Al Jazeera
- Jun 23, 2021
Nations ask China to open Xinjiang
More than 40 countries urged China on Tuesday to allow the United Nations human rights chief immediate access to its far western region...
Genocide Watch
- Jun 21, 2021
Slow progress, cycles of violence, as South Sudan turns 10
South Sudan, the UN’s youngest Member State, is marking its tenth anniversary of independence amid languishing political progress and a...
EDITH M. LEDERER | Associated Press
- Jun 10, 2021
ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to hand over Darfur suspects
By EDITH M. LEDERER In this photo provided by the United Nations, International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is shown on...
Al Jazeera
- Jun 9, 2021
UN court upholds Mladic genocide conviction
Joe Biden and Michelle Bachelet were among those to praise the decision by United Nations war crimes judges to uphold the Bosnian Serb...
Al Jazeera
- May 26, 2021
Ethiopia’s Tigray at ‘serious risk’ of famine, warns UN official
Mark Lowcock, in reported briefing to Security Council, calls for scaling up of assistance in next two months to prevent famine. The...