Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session — Global Issues

Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session — Global Issues

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An independent expert mandate on Haiti had been created by the Council in 1995 but then discontinued in 2017. The current resolution, calling for “coordinated and targeted international action”, was sponsored by Haiti itself. Country-specific abuses As a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, the Council examines human rights…

Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session — Global Issues

Rights experts call for new laws to end ‘waves of disappearance’ — Global Issues

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The appeal comes in the latest report by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, which visited the country in November.  The report examines five “waves of disappearance” in Iraq, including enforced disappearance. It covers the period starting with the Ba’ath era from 1968-2003 – characterized by the authoritarian rule of…

Racist rhetoric in Tunisia must stop, independent UN experts warn — Global Issues

Racist rhetoric in Tunisia must stop, independent UN experts warn — Global Issues

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“Tunisia must immediately stop hate speech and violence against migrants from south of the Sahara,” the independent UN-appointed experts said in a statement issued under the Committee’s early warning and urgent action procedure. The mechanism aims at considering situations that may escalate into conflicts with a view to taking preventive…

Humanitarians launch 7 million plan for Burkina Faso — Global Issues

Humanitarians launch $877 million plan for Burkina Faso — Global Issues

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The funding will support some 3.1 million people, as the West African country continues to face the worst humanitarian crisis in its history.  Armed group activity, and military operations, have led to widespread displacement, with nearly two million citizens uprooted.  Human rights abuses and violations, and political instability – including…

Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN — Global Issues

Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN — Global Issues

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“Our colleagues on the ground at the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members of the UN from working,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told reporters at UN Headquarters during the regular daily briefing….

Rethinking Public Debt as Positive Investment in Sustainable Development — Global Issues

Rethinking Public Debt as Positive Investment in Sustainable Development — Global Issues

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Financing is vital for growth. Credit: Unsplash / Towfiqu Barbhuiya Opinion by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana (bangkok, thailand) Tuesday, April 04, 2023 Inter Press Service The writer is UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) BANGKOK, Thailand, Apr 04 (IPS) – The…

Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session — Global Issues

Ending Discrimination Against Women in Family Law is Vital for Economic Progress — Global Issues

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Opinion by Hyshyama Hamin (colombo, sri lanka) Monday, April 03, 2023 Inter Press Service COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 03 (IPS) – Discriminatory family laws and policies that restrict women’s access to educational opportunities, employment, inheritance, property ownership and equal pay, are making women disproportionately vulnerable to the impacts of the global…