GENEVA, Dec. 19, 2016 – Though proponents of the Iran nuclear deal promised it would not affect their scrutiny of Iran’s human rights record, today’s Western-drafted
Among the four human rights resolutions on country situations to be adopted by the General Assembly this year is the resolution on human rights violations in
The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly voted to condemn human rights violations in North Korea yesterday. The resolution titled “Situation of human rights
GENEVA, Nov. 18, 2014 – NGOs hailed the UN adoption today of a draft resolution, introduced by the EU and Japan in the UNGA’s 193-member
Following are the full texts of the draft resolutions on human rights situations that are to be voted on later this month by the UN
GENEVA, Nov. 17– In an attempt to influence a UN resolution on Syrian abuses now being debated by member states, a coalition of 20 famous
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Nov. 17 – In an attempt to influence a UN resolution on Syrian abuses now being debated by member states, a coalition of
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Oct. 7 – As the UN Human Rights Council this morning began its quadrennial review of Syria’s human rights record, a coalition
On November 23, Sudan, on behalf of the Group of 77, introduced in the General Assembly’s Third Committee a resolution on the adoption of the
On November 23, the General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted the Report of the Human Rights Council, introduced by Zambia for the African Group, and covering
On Thursday, November 19, the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee adopted a resolution that “strongly condemns the ongoing systematic violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms
On November 12, the representative of Malaysia, speaking on behalf of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Belarus, and Venezeula, introduced in the General
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