Edited News , Press Conferences | IOM
With people on the move globally at “unprecedented” levels, the UN’s new migration agency chief insisted on Monday that rather than being a problem, host countries should recognize that migrants were exactly what their economies needed to thrive.
Edited News | UNHCR , UNICEF
Almost 89,000 residents of the Karabakh region - roughly half of the region’s population - have moved to Armenia since last week’s flare-up in fighting there and the total number of arrivals could rise to 120,000 in coming days, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
The UN Human Rights Office has serious concerns following the arrest and sentencing of human rights defenders in Viet Nam, spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told the biweekly press briefing in Geneva.
Edited News | UNHCR , UNITED NATIONS
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concerns on Tuesday over the movement of a large number of civilians to Armenia as a result of the recent hostilities in the region.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
A recent Brazilian Supreme Court ruling in favour of a case brought by Indigenous Peoples to reject time restrictions on claiming rights to their ancestral land is very encouraging.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“Each day, the people of Myanmar are enduring horrifying attacks, flagrant human rights violations and the crumbling of their livelihoods and hopes,” UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council today.
Edited News | UNICEF
Protracted conflict across Mali, along with internal displacement and limited humanitarian access are among the unprecedented risks threatening the country’s most vulnerable youngsters, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Edited News , Press Conferences | HRC
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine expressed concern on Monday over the "continuous evidence" of war crimes committed by Russian armed forces in Ukraine and presented in the investigators' latest update to the UN Human Rights Council.
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“We deeply regret the Iranian parliament’s passing of the new Chastity and Hijab Bill which vastly increases jail terms and provides for crushing fines on women and girls who do not obey the compulsory dress code. In that context, the Bill also targets vague notions of promotion of “nudity” or...
Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk welcomes the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in India, which will reserve one third of seats in national and state parliaments for women,” Shamdasani said.