Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: China’s disturbing influence on the UN: A threat to advance human rights A presentation by Christine Mirre, director of CAP/ Liberté de Conscience at the conference organized by Human Rights Without Frontiers at the Press Club in Brussels on 29 February...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
CHINA: Whatever happened to China’s 2024 Universal Periodic Review? A hodgepodge of technicalities at Geneva’s Human Rights Council is already resulting in nothing. This is how the United Nations functions in 2024. by Marco Respinti Bitter Winter (20.02.2024) –...
LGBTQI People and Human Rights
ASIA: LGBTQ+ rights – Progress and setbacks in 2023 Nepal gave the go-ahead for same-sex marriages this year, while courts upheld bans in Japan and India By Randy Mulyanto Thomson Reuters Foundation (19.12.2023) – There have been gains and setbacks on LGBTQ+...
Human Rights in the World
Children in armed conflicts, the UN and the EU By Willy Fautré European Times (04.12.2023) – In 2022, a total of 2,496 children, some as young as 8-years-old, were verified by the United Nations as detained for their actual or alleged association with armed...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
ARGENTINA: Human rights abuses against Buenos Aires Yoga School denounced at the United Nations At the 53th session of the UN Human Rights Council the UN ECOSOC-accredited NGO CAP-LC filed a written statement on the abusive activities of the anti-trafficking agency...