U.S. News & World ReportUnited Nations Sri Lanka Briefs UN Rights Official on Resolution Pullout U.S. News & World Report - Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan diplomat has briefed the president of the U.N. Human Rights Council on the government's decision to withdraw …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoRights & Freedoms NGO Joint Letter to the EU on Human Rights in Egypt hrw.org - www.hrw.org To: President Michel European Council Rue de la Loi 175 B-1048 Bruxelles cc: High Representative Borrell European Commission Rue de la Loi 200 1000 …
United Nations OHCHR | Afghanistan: 10,000 civilian casualties for sixth straight year ohchr.org - www.ohchr.org GENEVA / KABUL (22 February 2020) - Parties to the conflict in Afghanistan killed and injured more than 10,000 civilians in 2019, according to a new …
The Globe and Mailflipped into EntertainmentRights & Freedoms Opinion: Drawing a line in the sand: The UN has a responsibility to protect English speakers in Cameroon The Globe and Mail - Felix Agbor NkonghoFelix Agbor Nkongho is a Cameroonian human-rights lawyer and president of the Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa. Rebecca Tinsley is a Canadian journalist and the author of When the Stars
Rights & Freedoms Stand up for Human Rights standup4humanrights.org #WikiForHumanRights: Promoting knowledge of human rights in a multilingual world Everyone must be able to access information about human rights, and …
John Paul Austriaflipped into Geopolitics And Diplomacy European News Sri Lanka to withdraw from UN rights resolution neweurope.eu - By Elena Pavlovska Sri Lanka’s prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said that the country was withdrawing from a United Nations resolution investigating alleged war …
Central African Republic Central African Republic: Year-Old Peace Agreement Must Be Implemented for 'Lasting Peace' in Central African Republic allafrica.com Following a visit to the Central African Republic, a UN independent expert said that everyone must take all measures necessary to effectively …
Rights & Freedoms For Australia to be respected on human rights, it needs to look deeper into its own record theconversation.com - Jon Piccini Australia has just entered its final year of its membership on the UN Human Rights Council. This position was won on the strength of two key …
The Times of Israelflipped into The Times of IsraelIsrael In Fiji, Rivlin asks island nation to be an ally on ‘biased’ UN rights council timesofisrael.com - By Stuart Winer President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday visited Fiji for a summit with local leaders, where he expressed hopes that the Pacific Island nation would stand …
JerusalemPostflipped into Opinions United Nations There’s always money for Israel-bashing and antisemitism at the UN jpost.com - By ANNE HERZBERG On January 15, Michelle Bachelet, the former Chilean president now heading the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, made a …
United Nationsflipped into UN News - EnglishUnited Nations ‘Deliberate starvation’ tactics used in South Sudan could be a war crime United Nations The people of South Sudan have been “deliberately starved” in different parts of the country for ethnic and political reasons, and sexual violence …
Algemeinerflipped into OpinionIsrael UN Human Rights Council Sinks to New Low With BDS-Inspired Blacklist algemeiner.com - Ken Cohen / JNS.org JNS.org – The stench of antisemitism always hovers over Switzerland’s Lake Geneva when the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is meeting …
Algemeinerflipped into OpinionRights & Freedoms Turning Human Rights Into a Joke algemeiner.com - Evelyn Gordon / JNS.org JNS.org – If you want to understand just how outrageous the UN blacklist of businesses operating in Israeli “settlements” really is, forget for a …
Rights & Freedoms UN rights body urged to hold PH 'accountable for abuses' vs De Lima, rights defenders abs-cbn.com - ABS-CBN News MANILA - A global watchdog on Thursday urged the United Nations Human Rights Council to hold the Philippines accountable for "its abuses" against …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoUnited Nations OHCHR | Maidan, six years later ohchr.org - www.ohchr.org Today, Kyiv’s central square, Maidan, is a typical busy area in a city of three million people. Six years ago, it was barricaded, flooded with …
The Hindu Groupflipped into The HinduIcon version of the Flipboard logoRights & Freedoms Sri Lanka to withdraw from co-sponsoring UN Human Rights Council resolution on war crimes thehindu.com - PTI Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday said that his government will withdraw from co-sponsoring a UN Human Rights Council …
The Washington PostMahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka says it will withdraw from UN rights resolution The Washington Post - Krishan Francis | AP“The people should be the judge of how fair this is,” Rajapaksa said. “Even though this collective punishment has been meted out on the grounds that the army commander had committed violations of human
ABC Newsflipped into ABC NewsRights & Freedoms When China says 'win-win', it really means 'let's negotiate'. But human rights are not to be traded away abc.net.au - By Nicholas Bequelin "Promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of human rights." You'll find this UN Human Rights Council resolution in a long list of those …
The Economic Timesflipped into Politics & NationPakistan India all geared against Pakistan in Geneva; Vikas Swarup to lead delegation indiatimes.com - Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury NEW DELHI: India is all geared up as Pakistan is all set to raise Kashmir at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council that will take place in …
Israeli Settlements Corporate Occupations: The UN Business “Black List” and Israel’s Settlements - counterpunch.org - Binoy Kampmark Mikhail Bakunin, in that charming anarchist tradition, regarded the state as an evil to be done away with. Such collective formations were criminal, …
Israel Erdan to congressmen: Cut US funding to the UN israelnationalnews.com - Nitsan Keidar, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan met on Tuesday in the town of Psagot in the Binyamin region with Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mike Johnson …
Israel Netanyahu meets with Republicans after Temple Mount visit jpost.com - By TOVAH LAZAROFF Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with visiting Republican congressmen Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Jim Jordan of Ohio after the pair visited …
Algemeinerflipped into OpinionIsrael How the UN Blacklist Belittles Palestinians algemeiner.com - Adam Levick While the Hollywood blacklisting of the mid-20th century claimed innocent victims, it’s undeniable that the problem of communist infiltration into US …
United Nationsflipped into UN News - EnglishUnited Nations UN rights experts ‘gravely’ concerned at spike in civilian casualties in north-west Myanmar following internet shutdown United Nations Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced grave concern over the killing and displacement of civilians in north-west Myanmar during the …
Bloomberg|Quintflipped into Law and PolicyLaw (India) Government To Formulate National Action Plan On Business And Human Rights bloombergquint.com - PTI The Corporate Affairs Ministry is undertaking "rigorous consultations" with stakeholders for formulating a National Action Plan on Business and Human …
the_manolusflipped into that's LifeConservative View United Nations Human Rights Council delegitimizes Israel The Washington Times - Clifford D. May A question: What do Eritrea, Mauritania, Somalia, Qatar, Pakistan, Libya and Venezuela have in common? An answer: All are lands ruled by chronic …
Prince Georgeflipped into AFRICAIcon version of the Flipboard logoUnited Nations OHCHR | Press briefing note on Cameroon ohchr.org Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 18 February 2020 Subject:1) Cameroon The attack on 14 …
Algemeinerflipped into OpinionArab League Remembering the Failure of the Arab League Blacklist algemeiner.com - Mitchell Bard The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has just published a database of companies operating in Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem. The intention is to …
JerusalemPostflipped into Opinions Middle East Palestinian rights activists moonlight as terrorists jpost.com - By EMILY SCHRADER A tactic made famous by Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leaders have a long and rich history of saying one thing to Western audiences, and another thing …
Icon version of the Flipboard logoUnited Nations OHCHR | UN human rights chief horrified by escalating humanitarian crisis in Syria ohchr.org - www.ohchr.org GENEVA (18 February 2020) - UN Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet today expressed horror at the scale of the humanitarian crisis in northwest …
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