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    Jurist UN experts: Belarus weaponized criminal justice system against government dissent

    The UN Group of Independent Experts on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus on Tuesday presented a report detailing the weaponization of the nation’s criminal justice system against government dissenters. The experts found violations of several international human rights treaties, including...
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    Jurist UN rights experts say global food supply under threat from criminalization of peasant seed systems

    The global food supply is under threat from laws that criminalize the sale and exchange of peasant seed varieties, a group of UN experts said Wednesday. In their latest report to the Human Rights Council, the UN Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas...
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    Jurist Amnesty International names 87 Iranian officials for crimes against humanity in 2022 crackdown

    Amnesty International named 87 Iranian security and interior ministry officials Wednesday who it says should face criminal investigation for crimes against humanity committed during the 2022 crackdown on the Woman Life Freedom protests, and urged the UN Security Council to refer Iran’s situation...
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    Jurist UN Iran Fact-Finding Mission calls for end to hostilities after US strikes kill civilians

    The UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran Monday called on all parties to immediately cease hostilities and comply with international humanitarian law following reported US airstrikes that killed and injured civilians in southern Iran. The Mission said that two strikes in...
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    Jurist Thailand and Cambodia begin UN-backed conciliation process over conflicting maritime boundary claims

    Representatives for both Cambodia and Thailand on Tuesday delivered opening statements during the first meeting of a United Nations (UN) sanctioned arbitration process intended to resolve a long-running maritime dispute between the neighbouring countries. The meeting, which was held in...
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    Jurist ‘Super El Niño’ weather event set to exacerbate humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, UNFP says

    The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that South Sudan’s hunger crisis is worsening amidst ongoing armed conflict, diminishing international aid, and a “super El Niño” set to impact the nation and surrounding areas. At a press briefing, WFP’s Assistant Executive Director for...
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    Jurist Presence of forever chemicals in the environment threatens human rights, UN expert says

    Newly appointed UN expert Bethanie Carney Almroth on Monday warned that toxic waste in the form of forever chemicals, or “PFAS,” poses severe risks to the basic human right of a healthy and safe environment. Almroth referenced a recent UN report conveying that as PFAS spreads and accumulates in...
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    Jurist Nigeria demands investigation after two citizens killed in South Africa

    Nigeria’s Foreign Ministry on Friday confirmed that two Nigerian nationals have been killed in South Africa, as tensions intensify between the two countries over anti-immigrant protests. Bishop Taiwo Michael Fakunle and James Uchechukwu Nwankwo were killed in two separate incidents. Fakunle...
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    Jurist UN chief calls for global institutional reform at BRICS Summit

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for sweeping reforms to global institutions during the 18th Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability (BRICS) Summit in New Delhi on Sunday, arguing that the international system must adapt to a world that has changed...
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    Jurist UN expert urges states to ensure public participation in sustainable development decisions

    A UN expert said Friday that states and other development actors should ensure individuals and communities can actively, freely, and meaningfully participate in economic development decisions by moving beyond symbolic consultations and sharing decision-making power, warning that development...
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