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Suffering of 350,000 civilians in rural Damascus 'an outrage' – UN rights chief

Oct 28, 2017, at 04:27 am

New York, Oct 27(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights chief on Friday called on the parties to the conflict in Syria to allow badly needed food and medical supplies to Eastern Ghouta in rural Damascus, describing the situation of at least 350,000 besieged civilians there as “an outrage.”

Strong civil society can push back against 'major attack' on human rights, says senior UN rights official

Oct 20, 2017, at 05:48 pm

New York, Oct 20(Just Earth News): A senior United Nations human rights official has praised civil society for its role in standing up to the “backlash” against human rights.

Hanging of 42 prisoners in Iraq raises concern over flawed due process – UN rights chief

Sep 28, 2017, at 04:07 pm

New York, Sept 28 (Just Earth News): The mass hanging of 42 prisoners on Sunday in a prison in southern Iraq raises massive concerns over the country's use of the death penalty, the UN human rights chief said Wednesday.

At Security Council, UN chief underlines need to tackle root causes of human trafficking

Dec 21, 2016, at 03:03 pm

New York, Dec 21 (Just Earth News): Highlighting the plight of victims of human trafficking, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon underlined on Tuesdaythe need to ensure justice for victims and accountability for perpetrators, as well as to address underlying factors by focusing on human rights and stability.

Australia and Nauru must end offshore detention; investigate claims of abuse – UN rights office

Aug 13, 2016, at 04:26 am

New York, Aug 12 (Just Earth News): Expressing concern about alleged violations against migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees, the United Nations human rights office on Friday reiterated its call for Australia and Nauru to end the practice of processing and keeping these people offshore.

Iraq: UN human rights office urges investigation into use of force against protestors

May 25, 2016, at 01:51 pm

New York, May 25 (Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights office on Tuesday urged the Government of Iraq to immediately conduct an independent, transparent and effective investigation into the use of force by security forces against protestors outside the Green Zone in Baghdad this past week.

Equality and justice ‘not luxuries’ but crucial foundations of Iraq’s stability – deputy UN rights chief

Apr 26, 2016, at 01:36 pm

New York, Apr 26 (Just Earth News/IBNS):Iraq must immediately take concrete steps to plan for “the day after” the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a senior United Nations human rights official urged on Monday, calling for measures grounded in equality, the rule of law and a vision that has earned the confidence of all the country’s diverse communities.

On visit to Central African Republic, UN rights expert urges support for new Government

Mar 17, 2016, at 01:44 pm

New York, Mar 17 (Just Earth News/IBNS):The United Nations independent expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday called on the international community to support that country's newly elected President Faustin Archange Touadéra, and the government he will form, as he takes measures to meet the high expectations of the population.

UN rights expert urges UK and Sweden to serve 'good example,' end arbitrary detention of Assange

Feb 16, 2016, at 02:43 pm

New York, Feb 16 ( (Just Earth News/IBNS) A United Nations human rights expert today called on the United Kingdom and Sweden to promptly accept a UN working group's ruling that Julian Assange, founder of the WikiLeaks website, is being arbitrarily detained and must be allowed freedom of movement.

UN officials call for strengthened global partnerships to combat human trafficking

Feb 10, 2016, at 03:28 pm

New York, Feb 10 (Just Earth News/IBNS)While the world clearly has the political will and legal tools to take on human traffickers and their criminal networks, what are needed is more meaningful international cooperation and adequate funding to take effective action, senior United Nations officials said today, warning that the scourge now has victims spread across 152 different citizenships in 124 countries.

'Robust, decisive' action needed now to avert civil war in Burundi, UN rights chief warns

Dec 18, 2015, at 03:21 pm

New York, Dec 18 (Just Earth News/IBNS) The top United Nations human rights official on Thursday urged the international community to take "robust, decisive" action instead of "fiddling around the edges" to avert a civil war in Burundi that could have serious ethnic overtones and alarming regional consequences.

Sri Lanka must fulfil the rights of families of the disappeared: UN rights experts

Nov 19, 2015, at 02:03 pm

New York, Nov 19 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Sri Lanka has the opportunity to once and for all meet the rights and legitimate expectations of thousands of families of disappeared, the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances said on Wednesday, declaring "families have waited too long – the time for action has come."

UN rights chief warns as Egypt sentences journalists

Jun 24, 2014, at 05:54 pm

New York, June 24 (IBNS) United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay expressed deep concern over a string of recent court decisions in Egypt, including the verdicts and heavy jail sentences handed down Monday to three Al Jazeera journalists, as well as 11 other defendants who were tried in absentia.