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ILO: 1.4 billion children globally missing out on basic social protection, according to latest dataAccording to new data released by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Save the Children and UNICEF, 1.4 billion children, aged... Last update 13/3/2024 |
Essex Human Rights Online Summer SchoolMonday 10 to Friday 21 June 2024 The University of Essex has opened the applications for 2024 Human Rights Online... Last update 12/3/2024 |
United Nations: Rights experts call for probe into alleged violations against Palestinian women and girlsAccording to the latest statements from United Nations special rapporteurs Reem Alsalem and Francesca Albanese, numerous human rights violations against... Last update 10/3/2024 |
United Nations: Drastic erosion of women’s rights in Afghanistan continuesAccording to a recent multi-agency UN report, Afghan women are facing increased fears of arrest, harassment, and additional restrictions whenever... Last update 7/3/2024 |
Yemen: Recent progress overshadowed by fallout from attacks on Gaza, UN envoy reportsThe UN Special Envoy on Yemen, Hans Grundberg, highlighted the deepening complexity of the Yemen crisis amid reverberations from the... Last update 4/3/2024 |
Report CIVICUS Monitor: Rights Reversed A Downward shift in civic space (2019-2023)CIVICUS, has recently published its latest brief, the CIVICUS Monitor, which assesses the state of civic space worldwide and offers... Last update 1/3/2024 |
UNHCR: 2023 report Emergency Preparedness and ResponseIn 2023, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, responded to multiple global crises, providing assistance to millions of people affected by:... Last update 28/2/2024 |
United Nations: escalating toll as third year of war in Ukraine loomsThe UN's Political and Peacebuilding Affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo, briefed the Security Council, stating that as the war in Ukraine... Last update 26/2/2024 |
Global Campus of Human Rights: MOOC on Children's Right to Education in Armed ConflictThe Global Campus of Human Rights offers a complimentary Mooc on Children's Right to Education in Armed Conflict, that takes... Last update 24/2/2024 |
UN Human Rights Chief urges EU leaders to approve key business and human rights legislationThe United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, urged European leaders to approve a groundbreaking agreement on business... Last update 22/2/2024 |
Council of Europe: Call for nominations for the Vigdís Prize for Women’s EmpowermentThe Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has issued a call for candidates for the first Vigdís Prize for... Last update 18/2/2024 |
“Peace is the UN's raison d’être”: Guterres’ call for action and his priorities for 2024“Peace is our raison d’être. Yet, as I scan the landscape of today’s world, the one thing missing most dramatically... Last update 16/2/2024 |
The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide’s statement on the war in the Middle EastOn 9 February 2024, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide released a statement on... Last update 12/2/2024 |
OXFAM report 2024: Inequality Inc.Since 2020, the world has witnessed the wealth of the top five billionaires doubling, while nearly five billion people globally... Last update 11/2/2024 |
United Nations: Volker Türk voices regret over first ever execution by nitrogen suffocationUN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk expressed profound regret over the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama, marking the... Last update 10/2/2024 |