Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk

Myanmar mired ever deeper in crisis as human rights spiral backwards, warns Türk

“By nearly every feasible measurement, and in every area of human rights – economic, social and cultural, as much as civil and political – Myanmar has profoundly regressed,” he said. “Despite clear legal obligations for the military to protect civilians in the conduct of hostilities, there has been consistent disregard for the related rules of…

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Systemic racism within UK criminal justice system a serious concern: UN human rights experts

Systemic racism within UK criminal justice system a serious concern: UN human rights experts

“We have serious concerns about impunity and the failure to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system, deaths in police custody, ‘joint enterprise’ convictions, and the dehumanising nature”, of the so-called ‘stop and search’ policing strategy, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said in a statement at the end of an official…

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Closure of Moscow Helsinki Group, 'yet an additional impact to civils rights' in Russia: OHCHR

Closure of Moscow Helsinki Group, ‘yet an additional impact to civils rights’ in Russia: OHCHR

Maria Hurtado claimed in a declaration that the reasoning was simply the most up to date “in a collection of activities versus civil culture”, reporters, various other media and also resistance teams and also civils rights protectors. MHG was established in 1976 by popular objectors and also reported on civils rights infractions in the previous…

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Human rights must be defended in the fight against terrorism: UN chief

Human rights must be defended in the fight against terrorism: UN chief

Speaking at the ninth meeting of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact in New York, he urged for all counter-terrorism policies and initiatives to be “firmly grounded” within their defence.  “Combatting terror must never be used as an excuse for trampling on people’s human rights,” he said.    “When we protect human rights, we are in fact…

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Crises hindering victim identification: UNODC human trafficking report

Crises hindering victim identification: UNODC human trafficking report

Globally, the number of victims detected fell by 11 per cent in 2020 from the previous year, driven by fewer detections in low and medium-income countries. The number of convictions for trafficking offences also fell by 27 per cent over the same period, accelerating a longer-term trend registered by UNODC since 2017. Sharper decreases were registered…

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