Women's Rights & Gender Equality
Taliban unmoved by UN call to lift bans on Afghan women & girls By Ayaz Gul VOA (22.06.2023) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rejected a fresh call Thursday from the United Nations to remove what it says are “punishing restrictions” on the impoverished...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
Volker Türk (born 1965) is an Austrian lawyer and United Nations official. He has been the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights since 17 October 2022. WORLD: UN States must redouble efforts against intolerance based on religion or belief Türk calls on...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
WORLD: UN alerts on surge in acts of religious hatred Statement by Nazila Ghanea, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief (53rd Session of the Human Rights Council) European Times (11.07.2023) – “Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates, Representatives of...
Human Rights in the World
UN rights experts ‘deeply alarmed’ at continuing executions of Iran protesters EUROPEAN TIMES (19.05.2023) – The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, said in a statement that the executions on Friday of Majid Kazemi, Saleh Mirhashemi and Saeed...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
FRANCE: French Evangelicals ask UN to help against secularist state The French Evangelicals ask the United Nations to help the French state speak respectfully about beliefs and stop “fuelling anti-religious sentiment, prejudice or stigmatisation of believers.” CNE...