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23 hours ago · Ms. Nakamitsu noted that in recent months there had been allegations of transfers of ballistic missiles and ammunition from the DPRK (more commonly known as North Korea) to Russia, in violation of Council resolutions, allegedly for use in Moscow’s continuing invasion of Ukraine. “UN Security Council sanctions regimes are at the top of such ...
5 days ago · In stark contrast to the divine right of kings and other such conceptions of privilege, human rights extend in theory to every person on Earth, without regard to merit or need, simply for being human or because they mitigate inherent human vulnerability or are requisite to social justice.
3 days ago · UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk and Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide at a recent meeting in Oslo. Credit: Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs At present, only about 5 % of the UN budget goes to OHCHR. The result is persistent underfunding of the UN’s human rights pillar.
5 days ago · In sum, the idea of natural rights, forebear to the contemporary notion of human rights, played a key role in late 18th- and early 19th-century struggles against political absolutism. It was, indeed, the failure of rulers to respect the principles of freedom and equality that was responsible for this development.
5 days ago · June 23, 2024 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada. Global Affairs Canada today issued the following statement on the visit of Ambassador of Canada to China Jennifer May to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China from June 19 to 22, 2024:
4 days ago · All Sides is a two-hour, daily public-affairs talk show designed to touch upon all sides of the issues and events that shape life in central Ohio.
5 days ago · Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have tied a wounded Palestinian man to the hood of a military vehicle during a raid on the city of Jenin, appearing to use him as a human shield. A video ...
