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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UN General Assembly: The world’s ‘town hall’ remains open during COVID-19 crisis
UN News Apr 7, 2020 | 22:54 pmAlthough it seems the whole world is on lockdown as countries follow health guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19, the global “town hall” at UN Headquarters in New York remains open for business, albeit with a technical twist.
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Mali: UN mission fulfills mandate, aids battle against coronavirus
UN News Apr 7, 2020 | 22:20 pmAs the COVID-19 pandemic plagues the world, the head of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali told the Security Council on Tuesday that the mission continues to fulfill its mandate while doing whatever it can to prevent the coronavirus outbreak[…]
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Children vulnerable to abuse and violence during coronavirus lockdowns, UN experts warn
UN News Apr 7, 2020 | 21:07 pmIndependent UN human rights experts have called on States to boost child protection measures to help safeguard the welfare of millions of children who may be more exposed to violence, sale, trafficking, sexual abuse and exploitation during the ongoing COVID-19[…]
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Course of coronavirus pandemic across Libya, depends on silencing the guns
UN News Apr 7, 2020 | 17:57 pmFighting must stop immediately in Libya if it is to have any chance of staving off the COVID-19 outbreak, the top United Nations official in the North African country said on Tuesday as he condemned an attack on a major[…]
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‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, marking 26 years since genocide in Rwanda
UN News Apr 7, 2020 | 16:50 pmRemembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days, were systematically killed in Rwanda, 26 years ago, the UN chief underscored on Tuesday that “we must never again let such an atrocity occur”.
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COVID-19 highlights nurses’ vulnerability as backbone to health services worldwide
UN News Apr 7, 2020 | 15:12 pmNurses are on the frontline fighting COVID-19 but “an alarming failure” in the global supply of protective clothing and new coronavirus tests – together with “unprecedented” overwork linked to global staff shortages - have highlighted how vulnerable they are, the[…]
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First Person: ‘Fate’ of Italian nurse, and countless other health workers, depends on protective clothing
UN News Apr 7, 2020 | 15:07 pmA 24-year-old nurse in Italy who is treating patients with the deadly COVID-19 virus has been describing how her “fate” on any given day is dependent on how well she dresses in her protective clothing.
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Lady Gaga curating global event to boost healthcare workers on coronavirus front line
UN News Apr 6, 2020 | 23:23 pmThe World Health Organization (WHO) has teamed up with international advocacy organization Global Citizen, to launch ‘One World Together At Home”, a global television and streaming special, curated by superstar singer-songwriter Lady Gaga, to celebrate frontline health care workers around[…]
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International sport day moves indoors, with plea to stay active during self-isolation
UN News Apr 6, 2020 | 23:17 pmRunning tracks, gyms and swimming pools may be closed, as part of government-imposed lockdowns in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is more important than ever to remain physically active. This is the message on this year’s International Day[…]
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Syria: Warring parties failed to abide by international law over hospital attacks
UN News Apr 6, 2020 | 22:15 pmParties to Syria’s brutal civil war, now in its tenth year, failed to abide by their obligations under international law to avoid attacks on hospitals and other civilian facilities that featured on the UN’s so-called deconfliction list, Secretary-General António Guterres[…]
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