Law and Crime Prevention
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Avoid ‘risky winner-take-all tactics’ in Somalia, UN Security Council hears
Increased “brinkmanship, pressure tactics, and tests of strength” are threatening progress in Somalia, the country’s UN envoy told the Security…
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Probes on extrajudicial killings, ‘important step’ in fighting impunity in Colombia – UN rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, welcomed on Friday, progress on the investigation in Colombia of people falsely presented as having been killed in combat as “an important step in fighting impunity”. So-called…
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Stop criminalizing civil society, UN rights experts urge Venezuelan authorities
United Nations independent human rights experts called on Thursday for the authorities in Venezuela to stop “continuous and increasing” attacks and…
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Make ‘every effort’ to save COVID-19 response from corruption, UN Assembly President urges
Every effort must be taken to ensure that corrupt and unscrupulous practices do not prevent or impede the equitable availability…
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FROM THE FIELD: Life after conflict in the Central African Republic
Behind each case brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC), lie countless personal stories of horror, trauma and, sometimes, hope.…
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British human rights lawyer elected chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Criminal lawyer and human rights expert Karim Khan of the United Kingdom was elected on Friday to be the next…
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New ICC ruling ‘opens the door’ for justice in occupied Palestine – Independent UN expert
The ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that is does have jurisdiction over grave crimes committed in occupied Palestinian…
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Paraguay: UN rights chief calls for ‘prompt, independent’ probe into girl deaths and disappearance
Following the disappearance in Paraguay of a teenage girl and killing of two 11-year-olds, the UN human rights chief has…
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DPR Korea: Impunity prevails in prisons, amid potential ‘crimes against humanity’ – Bachelet
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) is gravely concerned by “credible accounts of forced labour” in the Democratic People’s Republic…
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Libya vote offers renewal and reconciliation chance, says veteran UN negotiator
All Libyans have a chance at national reconciliation and renewal once the country’s representatives, who have begun meeting in Switzerland,…
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