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‘Critical test’ for North Korea’s Government as civilian suffering remains rife, warns UN rights expert

‘Critical test’ for North Korea’s Government as civilian suffering remains rife, warns UN rights expert

Jan 12, 2019, at 08:32 am

New York, Jan 12 (IBNS): The human rights situation in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea – DPRK - remains “extremely serious”, and along with international demands for denuclearization, this constitutes a “a critical test” for the year ahead, a senior UN-appointed expert said on Friday.

Iraq: Citing 'numbing' extent of civilian suffering caused by ISIL, UN rights chief urges focus on victims' rights

Iraq: Citing 'numbing' extent of civilian suffering caused by ISIL, UN rights chief urges focus on victims' rights

Nov 12, 2016, at 02:43 am

New York, Nov 11 (Just Earth News): As mass graves and further evidence of sexual exploitation of women and girls, torture and killings, child recruitment and other grave human rights abuses committed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da'esh) extremists in Iraq come to light, the top United Nations human rights official has called for immediate action to ensure that the rights and the needs of victims and survivors are met – including the need for justice, truth and reconciliation.