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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FROM THE FIELD: Niger supporting the most vulnerable, as crises mount
UN News Jan 24, 2020 | 07:35 amThe number of people requiring humanitarian assistance in Niger, a country which the UN humanitarian agency, OCHA, says is “being assaulted on all fronts”, is expected to increase in 2020.
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Health services for Syrian women caught up in war, foster safety and hope: UNFPA
UN News Jan 23, 2020 | 23:40 pmContinued displacement from conflict-affected areas in northeast Syria leaves women and girls in urgent need of safe spaces, shelter and reproductive health services, according to a Flash Update this week from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
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Myanmar: Departing UN rights expert still hopeful for democratic transition
UN News Jan 23, 2020 | 22:28 pmAn independent human rights expert said she has not given up hope for a democratic transition in Myanmar even though the country has yet to address “grave allegations” of international crimes, including possible genocide.
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Coronavirus: ‘An emergency in China, but not yet a global health emergency’
UN News Jan 23, 2020 | 21:37 pmThe head of the UN health agency, WHO (World Health Organization), declared on Thursday that the respiratory disease Novel Coronavirus, is not yet an official Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), but warned that is an emergency in China.
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At Davos, UN chief urges ‘big emitters’ to take climate action
UN News Jan 23, 2020 | 21:00 pmThe world is “doomed” in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday.
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75 years after Auschwitz liberation, antisemitism still threatens ‘foundations of democratic societies’
UN News Jan 23, 2020 | 19:14 pmCommemorating 75 years since the liberation of the notorious Nazi death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, independent UN rights experts said on Thursday that “urgent action” is needed to combat mounting antisemitism.
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Top UN court orders Myanmar to protect Rohingya from genocide
UN News Jan 23, 2020 | 17:34 pmMyanmar must take steps to protect its minority Rohingya population, the top UN court unanimously ruled on Thursday.
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UN health emergency committee to re-convene on global threat posed by China coronavirus
UN News Jan 22, 2020 | 22:48 pmExperts convened in Geneva by the World Health Organization (WHO) will meet again on Thursday to determine whether novel coronavirus is a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
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UN chief outlines solutions to defeat ‘four horsemen’ threatening our global future
UN News Jan 22, 2020 | 19:21 pmThe start of the New Year finds the world facing four looming threats to human progress: surging geopolitical tensions, the climate crisis, global mistrust and the downsides of technology, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday.
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Independent UN rights experts call for ‘immediate investigation’ into alleged Bezos phone hack by Saudi Arabia
UN News Jan 22, 2020 | 19:07 pmIndependent UN rights experts said on Wednesday they were “gravely concerned” over allegations that in 2018, a messaging app account belonging to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia was used to hack into The Washington Post owner’s mobile phone, calling[…]
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