Miroslav Jenča, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Europe at the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs (DPPA), warned that the fighting […]
Don’t turn back the clock, work together and ‘get the future right’, urges Prime Minister of Malta
Robert Abela told leaders gathered for the UN General Assembly’s annual debate that the voices of all countries – large […]
UN expert urges immediate review of discredited UK sentencing scheme
As of the end of 2022, close to 2,900 people were still being held under the scheme. Unresolved legacy Between […]
UNICEF urges support for children, as wildfires rage across Greece
Fuelled by record temperatures and high winds, the deadly fires that began across the country in July have so far […]
UN rights chief urges Belarus to promptly release political detainees
The report, covering the period between May 2020 and December 2022, draws on interviews with 207 victims and witnesses and […]
Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact
The development would represent a key measure to tackle past injustices and create a more inclusive society, said UN Special […]
Rights expert urges Italy to stop criminalizing activists saving migrant lives at sea
Preliminary criminal proceedings opened last May in Sicily against 21 people charged with aiding and abetting illegal immigration in connection […]
New UN report urges Europe to step-up action over triple environmental crisis |
Action is needed over emissions, waste, pollution and biodiversity loss, it says, adding that solutions can be found, through a […]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN rights chief urges leaders to ‘turn the page on rhetoric’ |
The four-day mission marked the first visit by a UN human rights High Commissioner in more than two decades, and […]