UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

“Strengthening engagement with independent human rights experts and Human Rights Council mechanisms is crucial to full and transparent enforcement of China’s human rights obligations,” the group of more than 40 experts said, ahead of the Council’s landmark 50th session, which begins on Monday.   Systemic violations  In a statement, they recalled…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Death sentences ‘vile attempt at instilling fear’, rights experts charge — Global Issues

Special Rapporteurs Thomas Andrews and Morris Tidball-Binz, fear the development could signal the start of a spate of executions in a country which has not carried out capital punishment in more than 30 years.  Disregard for human rights  “The illegitimate military junta is providing the international community with further evidence…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Mediterranean Sea journeys for migrants have grown more deadly: UNHCR — Global Issues

Latest data visualisation figures from UNHCR, shows that there were 3,231 dead or missing at sea last year, a sharp rise from 2020. We are concerned by a rising death toll at sea related to refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to Europe.https://t.co/8SzbYb7qea — UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) June 10,…

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030 — Global Issues

World must ‘speed up’ efforts to end AIDS pandemic by 2030 — Global Issues

The AIDS pandemic continues to be responsible for more than 13,000 deaths every week. Yet, one year after adopting a political declaration on HIV and AIDS: Ending Inequalities and Getting on Track to End AIDS by 2030, data from UNAIDS shows that HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths are not currently…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Brazil urged to step up search for missing journalist and indigenous activist — Global Issues

Dom Phillips, a regular contributor to The Guardian, and Bruno Araújo, an employee with the Brazilian indigenous affairs agency, went missing in the Javari Valley, a major indigenous territory located in the western Amazon near Peru and Colombia.  🇧🇷#Brazil: Concerns about lack of information on missing journalist Dom Phillips &…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

Forge prosperous, democratic, equitable societies, Guterres tells Americas summit — Global Issues

The UN chief was speaking at this year’s Summit of the Americas, convened by United States President Joseph Biden in Los Angeles, California.  Today, it is more important than ever to bring the countries of the Americas closer together, and help deliver the prosperous, democratic and equitable societies that people…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

‘Only together’ can ‘silent pandemic’ of gender-based violence be overcome, says Deputy UN chief — Global Issues

It was the fourth stop of her tour of Central Asia, having previously visited Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Coalitions must be built “According to official statistics, one in three women has experienced domestic violence at some point in their lives”, said the Deputy UN chief, opening a meeting with representatives…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

World’s most vulnerable now paying even more, for less food: FAO — Global Issues

That’s according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which on Thursday suggested that for some countries, the situation potentially heralded “an end of their resilience to higher prices”. 🔵 World’s most vulnerable are paying more for less food – Food Outlook report. The global food import bill is…

UN human rights experts urge China to allow them ‘full access’ — Global Issues

‘Great progress’ being made bringing Da’esh/ISIL terrorists to justice, Security Council hears — Global Issues

Christian Ritscher, who also heads the Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNITAD), upheld that those responsible must be identified, tried, and convicted “at the national and international level.” “Only by prosecuting and referring to such barbaric acts as war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide,…