Tag: rights
Russia’s Claims of Violation of Rights in Ukraine to be Investigated at the UN
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has approved the draft resolution to investigate the allegations that Russian soldiers have committed rights violations in parts of Ukraine. 33 member states…
What rights did the 1973 resolution nationally legalizing abortion in the United States grant women?
All women in America gained the right to legal abortion with the historic decision in 1973. This lawsuit went down in American civil rights history as “against Roe Wade.” But…
Human Rights Watch accuses Russian paramilitaries of killing and torturing civilians
The human rights organization HRW publishes this Tuesday May 3 a report denouncing forces linked to Russia, which could belong to the paramilitary group Wagner, of having summarily executed, tortured,…
The Defender of Rights calls for the repatriation of French children held in Syrian camps
The Defender of Rights returns to the charge about French children held in camps in north-eastern Syria. It calls again for their urgent repatriation. Claire Hédon recalls at the same…
Chernobyl: 36 years later, how has nature taken back its rights there?
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Return to Chernobyl 30 years after the disaster In 1986, the Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine, then in the USSR, suffered an unprecedented accident.…
Hong Kong Foreign Press Club suspends human rights awards
The organization fears to unintentionally break the law ” by crossing ” new red lines established by Beijing. This is the first time in 26 years that the foreign press…
Gabon joins the global campaign for women’s rights “HeForShe”
Gabon has just joined the global campaign “HeForShe” (“Him for her”), a movement whose goal is to involve men and boys as key actors in the fight for gender equality…
Women’s rights and health: what the presidential candidates are proposing
News Posted 1 day ago, Reading 4 mins. The question of women’s access to their health is increasingly present in the national debate. But it divides the candidates for the…
UN suspends Moscow from Human Rights Council. G7 announces new sanctions
(Finance) – The UN General Assembly approved with 93 votes in favor there request from the USA to suspend Russia from the Geneva Human Rights Council. In the draft resolution…
Russia was temporarily excluded from the UN Human Rights Council following the events in Bushan
Demand for Russia’s removal from the council began after Russian forces were accused of killing civilians in, among others, Bocha, Ukraine. On Thursday, the UN General Assembly decided to temporarily…