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Byline: Susannah George, Miriam Berger, Adela Suliman, Andrew Jeong The United Nations on Friday called for a 'full investigation' into the circumstances leading to the death of an American woman [...]

Byline: Sammy Gecsoyler block-time published-time 9.24am BST The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, will visit Russia next month and meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Honourable Minister Joly, We write this Open Letter to you as academics, lawyers, civil society leaders and [...]

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office said Friday that it will deploy a fact-finding team to Bangladesh to investigate alleged rights abuses and violations through use of excessive [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Bangladesh's interim government should seek expertise and technical assistance from the United Nations for its new commission [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Excellencies, Recent events have placed Bangladesh at a critical juncture. Given the current precarity of the situation, [...]

India, Aug. 17 -- A human rights team from the United Nations will visit Dhaka next week to discuss with the Bangladesh interim government, investigations into the human rights violations [...]

(JURIST) - A report detailing significant human rights violations caused by the Talibans moral oversight on Wednesday was released by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).Enclosed within the [...]

Byline: Claire Parker, Annabelle Timsit, Bryan Pietsch The U.N. human rights office said Wednesday that Israel 'may have repeatedly violated' the laws of war by using massive explosives on densely [...]

Byline: Karen DeYoung, Andrew Jeong, Ellen Francis An internal investigation into 12 U.N. relief workers in Gaza who Israel alleged were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack has cleared [...]

Members of a United Nations commission said on Tuesday that Israel was obstructing their efforts to investigate possible human rights violations on Oct. 7 and in the ensuing war between [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-June 21, 2024-: African Union (AU): Roll Out Civilian Protection Mission, Ensure Sudan Probe (C)1994-2024 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:20062024 NAIROBI, Kenya -- The African Union (AU) should work with the [...]

The African Union (AU) should work with the United Nations to deploy a civilian protection mission to address ongoing atrocities across Sudan, notably in Darfur, and act to ensure strong [...]

Nairobi -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: The African Union (AU) should work with the United Nations to deploy a civilian protection mission to address ongoing [...]

Nairobi -- The African Union (AU) should work with the United Nations to deploy a civilian protection mission to address ongoing atrocities across Sudan, notably in Darfur, and act to [...]

Byline: Charles Hymas, Home Affairs Editor The Pope faces UN investigation over his personal authorisation of allegedly unlawful wiretaps during a Vatican investigation into the 'corrupt' sale of a £300 [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - In a landmark decision, the international body that hands out human rights accreditations has concluded that there is enough basis to review Canadas A status an unprecedented move [...]

LILONGWE, June 14, 2024 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Malawi's political party Alliance for Democracy has written to United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres, asking the UN to intervene in [...]

Byline: Jake Johnson NEW YORK, Jun 13 (IPS) - A United Nations commission tasked with conducting an in-depth investigation of Israeli military actions in the occupied Palestinian territories has (https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/06/israeli-authorities-palestinian-armed-groups-are-responsible-war-crimes) [...]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The following information was released by Human Rights Watch: Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Robert F. Kennedy Department of [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - In a landmark decision, the international body that hands out human rights accreditations has concluded that there is enough basis to review Canadas A status an unprecedented move [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: Palestinian armed groups and Israeli authorities have both committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during the attack [...]

Byline: Michael Murphy The Israeli military said Saturday that it was investigating a reservist soldier who threatened mutiny if the government doesn't push for 'complete victory' over Hamas. Footage of [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: A fresh arson attempt was made late Monday on the headquarters of the UN agency for Palestine refugees [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced at the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: A UN office investigating Israeli accusations that 12 staff members from UN Palestine relief agency UNRWA were involved [...]

NEW YORK -- The following information was released by the United Nations: UN chief Antnio Guterres issued an appeal on Monday to 'actively support' the UN agency for Palestinians, UNWRA, [...]

ALBAWABA - In an investigation regarding the military abuses in Ethiopia's Amhara region, Human Rights Watch called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to launch an investigation into [...]

ALBAWABA - In an investigation regarding the military abuses in Ethiopia's Amhara region, Human Rights Watch called on the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to launch an investigation into [...]

United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres announced today the appointment of Robert Petit of Canada as Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution [...]

United Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres announced today the appointment of Ana Peyr Llopis of Spain as Acting Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability [...]

An Israeli tank (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/13/israeli-strike-in-southern-lebanon-kills-journalist-wounds-several) killed Reuters reporter Issam Abdallah in Lebanon last year by firing two 120mm rounds at a group of 'clearly identifiable journalists' in violation of international law, [...]

Byline: Rachel Chason DAKAR, Senegal - Nigeria has been rocked by two mass kidnappings in the past week, with the United Nations, government officials and local residents saying that hundreds [...]

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says it has opened an investigation into some employees Israel alleges were involved in the October 7 attacks, and that it has severed [...]

The United States temporarily cut off funding to UNRWA, the agency that aids Palestinians, citing allegations that 12 of its workers were involved in the Hamas-led assault on southern Israel. [...]

Byline: Dr Cochav Elkayam-Levy It has been over three months since Hamas's attack on Israel. On October 7 terrorists moved through a music festival and 20 villages and towns, murdering [...]

The official accepted Israel's invitation and is expected to go there soon, the foreign ministry said. Hamas has denied that its fighters committed sex crimes during the Oct. 7 attacks. [...]

The United Nations’ special representative on sexual violence in conflict has accepted Israel’s invitation to investigate sex crimes committed by Hamas on Oct. 7, a spokesman for Israel’s Ministry of [...]