Volker Türk New Human Rights Chief
Volker Türk to be appointed next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights after opaque nomination process A week after the end of Michelle Bachelet’s term, States in New York were notified late last night that Secretary-General
Published : 08 September 2022
Global CSOs Demand Response to Israeli Raids
Over 200 Organizations Demand International Community Stand Against Raids and Closures of 7 Palestinian Organizations Amid Israel’s escalating attacks targeting their work, a group of more than 200 Palestinian, regional, and international organizations express our full
Published : 24 August 2022
South Africa: Lindokuhle Mnguni Assassinated
Press statement In the early hours of this morning Lindokuhle Mnguni, the chairperson of the eKhenana Commune and the Youth League, was assassinated at the Commune. Mnguni was a powerful intellectual with a mind like a razor.
Published : 20 August 2022
Palestine: Israeli Forces Raid Human Rights Offices
Israeli forces raid offices of six Palestinian human rights groups Property confiscated in move decried as ‘appalling attack’ on Palestinian civil society in occupied West Bank Israeli forces have raided the offices of six Palestinian human rights
Published : 18 August 2022
International Outrage over Israel NGO Attacks
Israel shutters Palestinian rights groups, drawing diplomatic backlash TEL AVIV—Israel closed the offices of five leading Palestinian rights organizations in an early-morning raid in Ramallah on Thursday, tightening its restrictions on civil society nearly a year
Published : 18 August 2022
Eastern Sudan Floods Destroy 1,000s of Homes
Deadly seasonal floods in eastern Sudan have collapsed more than 2,500 houses, state news agency SUNA has reported, leaving thousands homeless in an already impoverished region. Over 500 houses were partially destroyed in River Nile
Published : 12 August 2022
Portugal: Youth Climate Change Case v. EU States
‘It’s a human rights issue’: young adults take Portugal climate crisis to court Cláudia Agostinho, her siblings and cousins will have case heard at European court of human rights Cláudia Agostinho has been going to Pedrogão Beach
Published : 11 August 2022
New Report, Status of Land and Water Resources
FAO launches a new report informing on the status of land and water resources in the Near East and North Africa region. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) published today the “State of Land and Water
Published : 30 July 2022
Thousands under Eviction in West Bank
Israel/OPT: Immediately halt forced eviction of more than 1,000 West Bank residents and stop demolitions of Bedouin homes in the Negev/Naqab The Israeli authorities must immediately halt the forcible eviction of more than 1,000 residents from
Published : 19 July 2022
