Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United Nations. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

UN Says Belarus Legislation on Religion and Belief Violates International Human Rights Law

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In a Feb.20 press release ( full text ), the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said that its experts believe r...
Friday, December 08, 2023

UN Marks 75th Anniversary of Genocide Convention

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Today is the United Nations International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of ...
Saturday, July 22, 2023

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution Condemning Burning of Qur'an

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The United Nations Press Centre reports  that on July 14, the United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its fifty-third regular session ...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Today Is International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration...
Sunday, December 11, 2022

Human Rights Day/ Week

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Yesterday was Human Rights Day and this week is Human Rights Week.  On Friday, President Biden issued a Presidential Proclamation ( full tex...
Friday, September 02, 2022

UN Issues Report On Human Rights Concerns In China's Uyghur Region

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On Wednesday, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued a report on human rights concerns in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Reg...
Monday, August 22, 2022

International Day Commemorating Victims Of Religious Persecution

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Today was International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence based on Religion or Belief,  so designated by a United Nations Ge...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022

U.N. Appoints Oxford Prof As Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief

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At the end of its 50th annual session on July 8, the United Nations Human Rights Council appointed Nazila Ghanea as Special Rapporteur on Fr...
Thursday, January 27, 2022

Today Is International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day  as designated by United Nations Resolution 60/7 ( full text ), adopted by the General Asse...
Friday, January 21, 2022

U.N. Adopts Resolution Condemning Holocaust Denial

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The United Nations General Assembly yesterday adopted by consensus a Resolution ( full text ) that condemns Holocaust denial or distortion. ...
Friday, December 10, 2021

Today Is International Human Rights Day

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Today, December 10, is United Nations Human Rights Day , marking the 73rd anniversary of the General Assembly's adoption of the Universa...
Saturday, October 23, 2021

U.S. Returns As Member Of U.N. Human Rights Council

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As reported by CNN , on Thursday the United States was elected by the U.N. General Assembly to the United Nations Human Rights Council. This...
Monday, August 30, 2021

UN Human Rights Official Calls For Taliban To Allow Equal Education For Women and End Child Marriage

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Last week (Aug. 24), Reem Alsalem , the United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, issued a l...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

UN Tribunal Sentences 2 For War Crimes In Bosnia

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The Guardian reports that the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia today sentenced Jovica Stanišić, former head of Ser...
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Today Is International Holocaust Remembrance Day

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In a formal resolution adopted in 2005 ( full text ), the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 each year as International H...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

August 22: International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief

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Yesterday was designated by the United Nations as International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belie...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

U.N. Conference On Role of Religious Leaders In Addressing COVID-19 Crisis

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Yesterday, the United Nations General Assembly held a video conference on The Role of Religious Leaders In Addressing the Multiple Challenge...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

At the United Nations: Trump's Religious Liberty Forum; Report on Antisemitism; and Abortion Rights Concerns

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Yesterday, on the first of his three day visit to the United Nations, President Donald Trump hosted a forum titled  Global Call to Protect R...
Friday, August 23, 2019

First International Day For Victims of Anti-Religious Violence

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Yesterday was the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief , as created by a United Natio...
Tuesday, May 07, 2019

Brunei Places Moratorium On Death Penalty Under Sharia Code; Will Ratify Torture Convention

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Earlier this year, the Sultan of Brunei announced further implementation of Sharia law in his southeast Asian country, including implementat...