Newsletter from UN human rights organisation
Die Menschenrechte im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
Bereits die Charta der Vereinten Nationen von 1945 enthält den klaren Auftrag an die Staatengemeinschaft, die Achtung und Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und Grundrechte für alle zu fördern. Der Grundstein für den internationalen Schutz der Menschenrechte wurde mit der 1948 verabschiedeten Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte gelegt.
Der Newsticker informiert über aktuelle Ereignisse zum Thema Menschenrechte.
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 20 March: Energy shocks deepen as strikes hit infrastructure
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe crisis in the Middle East continues, with strikes and counter-strikes reported across the region, driving civilian casualties, displacement and rising humanitarian needs. Energy assets in Gulf States continue to be hit, with serious long-term damaged reportedly sustained at Qatar's[…]
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A former refugee takes on a world in flight
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmBarham Salih has spent much of his life crossing borders, first as a young Kurdish exile fleeing repression in Iraq, and now as the UN top official for refugees, confronting a world in which more than 117 million people have[…]
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The UN housing development which challenged 1940s’ segregated United States
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmAt a time when some state laws dictated where different races could live, Parkway Village, built to house some of the first UN staff in New York in 1947, led the way in eliminating racially segregated housing in the United[…]
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Forests are more than a resource: How Belarus protects its vital ecosystem
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 20, 2026 | 13:00 pmForests cover more than 40 per cent of Belarus. At the same time, the country recorded twice as many forest fires last year compared to the year before.
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 19 March: Civilians bear the brunt as strikes and displacement rise
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmOngoing strikes across the Middle East stemming from the US-Israeli bombing of Iran and subsequent counterstrikes in the Gulf by Tehran continue to drive humanitarian needs, civilian casualties and mass displacement. Concerns are also growing over maritime security, the economic[…]
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Middle East war: ‘Force of the law’ must prevail over the law of force, urges Guterres
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe US and Israel must end their bombing campaign before it spirals out of control, while Iran needs to stop attacking Gulf neighbours who have played no direct part in the war roiling the Middle East and beyond, the UN[…]
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Amid deepening crisis in Palestine, girls face rising risks and a mounting mental health emergency
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmMore than two years of unrelenting violence, displacement and loss have pushed children and young people in Palestine into what one UN official describes as a “profound mental health emergency”, with girls facing heightened risks, including a resurgence in child[…]
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Middle East war shockwaves ripple through Asia-Pacific fuel and supply chains
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe fallout from the war in the Middle East is rippling far beyond the Gulf, disrupting fuel supplies, shipping routes and supply chains across Asia and the Pacific, with some of the region’s most vulnerable economies already feeling the strain[…]
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World News in Brief: Rafah crossing reopens, gender inequality worsens global water crisis, rights defenders in Colombia
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe Rafah crossing into Gaza reopened on Thursday for limited movement in both directions after a 20-day suspension, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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UN mourns constitutional lawyer-turned top crisis diplomat, Nicholas Haysom
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe UN is mourning the loss of Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan, who went from advising Nelson Mandela following the historic anti-apartheid struggle to becoming a “tireless” champion of crisis diplomacy for the UN in Africa,[…]
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