Flooding threat adds to woes of IDPs in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
YANGON, 7 July 2014 (IRIN) - Recent heavy rain, coupled with the after-effects of a recent aid worker pull-out, is prompting health concerns in...
La APDHA se adhiere al comunicado de activistas internaciones en Gaza
Los activistas internacionales tenemos la voz que a los palestinos se les niega
Por esto la alzamos hoy, para romper el silencio que...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani,...
We are deeply disturbed that Australian authorities on Sunday returned to Sri Lanka 41 people seeking asylum, apparently without adequate screening of their protection...
Derechos humanos y poblaciones vulnerables
Un nuevo grupo de personas ha entrado a formar parte del Grupo de Referencia sobre Derechos Humanos del Fondo Mundial, aportando una amplia y...
La derivación de personas con discapacidad intelectual a residencias de mayores...
• La escasez de recursos residenciales específicos, o la necesidad de ocupar plazas vacías en centros de mayores con dificultades de viabilidad económica, no...
La Federación de Comunidades Judías de España (FCJE) condena y deplora...
La FCJE, institución que representa oficialmente a los judíos españoles, condena el brutal asesinato del joven palestino Mohamed Abu Jdeir a manos de extremistas...
La sociedad civil española propone a la ONU la creación un...
La Alianza Española Contra la Pobreza organiza un encuentro en la sede de Naciones Unidas de Nueva York para impulsar un mecanismo de vigilancia...
Hacia un Pacto de Estado por la Infancia
La misión de UNICEF implica velar por los derechos de todos los niños, en todo momento y en cualquier lugar del mundo. Nuestra actuación...
Afghanistan becomes unlikely safe haven for Pakistani refugees
BANNU, PAKISTAN/ KHOST, AFGHANISTAN, 1 July 2014 (IRIN) - Nearly half a million people have been forced out of North Waziristan Agency by an...
Stark choice for many Afghans: sickness or debt
KABUL, 2 July 2014 (IRIN) - The cost of health care is throwing many poor Afghans into a cycle of debt. While most now...
Sri Lanka’s rehabilitated ex-combatants struggle to adjust
PUTUKKUDIYIRUPPU, 4 July 2014 (IRIN) - Five years after the end of a 26-year civil war, most former combatants from the Liberation Tigers of...
El Padre Ángel desde Irak hace un llamamiento por la Paz
"La religión bebe ser ayuda y consuelo para el hombre, no unpretexto para el odio, la violencia, y la muerte. Los políticos deben dialogar".
El Padre...
Calls for media freedom to be included in post-2015 development goals
NEW YORK, 4 July 2014 (IRIN) - In the debate over the inclusion of media freedom and access to information in the post-2015 development...
Haiti: Time to push for development to achieve durable solutions for...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (4 July 2014) – Four years after the earthquake, it is time to move from a largely humanitarian approach to a development base...
Nepal: Truth-seeking legislation risks further entrenching impunity, alert UN rights experts
GENEVA (4 July 2014) – A group of UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Nepal to amend new legislation allowing...
La Manifestación Estatal del Orgullo LGTB 2014 será encabezada por defensores...
Bajo el lema “Nos manifestamos por quienes no pueden” más de 50 organizaciones y 30 carrozas partirán de Atocha a las 18.30 horas
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Intensified fighting putting at risk lives of people in Donetsk and...
GENEVA (4 July 2014) – Following the end of the ceasefire on 30 June in Ukraine, the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine...
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani,...
Following the end of the ceasefire on 30 June in Ukraine, the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine has reported numerous cases of...
Understanding organized crime in Africa
NEW YORK, 3 July 2014 (IRIN) - Growing concern about the extent to which organized crime is undermining stability and prosperity on the African...
Analysis: Targeted assistance needed for DRC’s former child soldiers
THE HAGUE/BUNIA, 3 July 2014 (IRIN) - Recent high profile moves against militia commanders in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have done little...
Put an end to persecution of Human Rights Lawyer Esmaeilzadeh in...
Judicial harassment / Sentencing / Reprisal for cooperating with the UN Iran July 3, 2014 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights...
FIDH & OMCT: Release Iranian Unionist Reza Shahabi & all other...
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation...
A town destroyed – Leer, South Sudan
JUBA, 2 July 2014 (IRIN) - Since fighting broke out in mid-December between rival army factions in South Sudan, plunging the new country into...
Los recién nacidos: prioridad en el trabajo por la supervivencia infantil
2,9 millones de bebés mueren durante su primer mes de vida
JOHANNESBURGO, 1 de julio de 2014 – En la clausura de un foro mundial...
“Stop the promotion of hatred and faith-based violence” – UN rights...
GENEVA (2 July 2014) – Three United Nations experts on freedom of religion, minority issues, and summary executions today called on Sri Lanka to...
Iraq: Kurdish authorities must not block passage of civilians fleeing fighting
Thousands of exhausted Iraqi civilians fleeing the conflict in north-west Iraq are stranded at checkpoints separating the autonomous Kurdish provinces controlled by the Kurdish...
Personas en riesgo de exclusión reclaman el derecho fundamental al trabajo...
Exigen legislación que favorezca salarios decentes, más información y recursos para alquiler social, así como mayor ética en el empresariado.
Valencia, 2 de...
Analysis: Should Uganda withdraw from South Sudan?
KAMPALA, 30 June 2014 (IRIN) - As South Sudan’s peace process stalls, questions are being raised about Uganda’s military involvement, with some analysts saying...
Refugee economies – the Ugandan model
LONDON, 30 June 2014 (IRIN) - When a team from Oxford University's Humanitarian Innovation Project set out to explore what work refugees and asylum...
Lingering trauma impact of Timor-Leste’s violent past
DILI, 30 June 2014 (IRIN) - Repeated bouts of violence in Timor Leste’s recent past and a persistent sense of injustice have had a...
