The OIC resolution against the Israeli occupation was approved by an overwhelming majority in the World Human Rights Council

The OIC resolution against the Israeli occupation was approved by an overwhelming majority in the World Human Rights Council

File photo: The United Nations Human Rights Council overwhelmingly approved the OIC resolution against the Israeli occupation. Pakistan presented OIC resolution against occupation of Beit al-Maqdis and Golan Heights. There were 38 votes in favor of the resolution and 4 against. 5 countries did not participate in the voting. United States and Great Britain were…

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Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session

Haiti crisis in spotlight, as top human rights body wraps marathon session

An independent expert mandate on Haiti had been created by the Council in 1995 but then discontinued in 2017. The current resolution, calling for “coordinated and targeted international action”, was sponsored by Haiti itself. Country-specific abuses As a subsidiary body of the UN General Assembly, the Council examines human rights violations in specific countries as…

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El Salvador urged to uphold human rights amid state of emergency

El Salvador urged to uphold human rights amid state of emergency

An initial month-long crackdown on gangs was introduced on 27 March 2022 and has been regularly renewed, with the latest extension announced last week. At least 65,000 people, including children, have been detained since then.  OHCHR underlined that the right to life, the absolute prohibition against torture, the principles of fair trial, and the procedural…

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Human rights in Ukraine still ‘dire’ amid wide-ranging violations: OHCHR

Human rights in Ukraine still ‘dire’ amid wide-ranging violations: OHCHR

“The international armed conflict has led to a wide range of human rights violations affecting both civilians and combatants”, the executive summary states, adding that the Office has “verified numerous allegations of arbitrary deprivation of life, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearance, torture and ill-treatment, and conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV).” During the reporting period, a total of 5,987 civilian…

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Irfan Meraj and other Kashmiri journalists and human rights activists should be released, Ali Raza Syed

Irfan Meraj and other Kashmiri journalists and human rights activists should be released, Ali Raza Syed

Chairman Kashmir Council European Union Ali Raza Syed has demanded the early release of journalist Irfan Meraj and other Kashmiri journalists and human rights activists who were arrested in Occupied Kashmir by the Indian authorities. Kashmiri journalist Irfan Miraj was arrested by the Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday in Srinagar on false charges…

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