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‘Do not give up on children’: Displaced by violence, a Haitian girl finds hope at school

·January 3, 2026·4 min read

A teenage Haitian girl who was forced to flee her home in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, due to gang violence has urged adults not to “give up on children.” Thirteen-year-old Dieussika was living peacefully with her family before armed violence and insecurity forced them to flee. “We had to leave our...

Venezuela’s National Guard linked to killings, torture and repression, UN probe finds

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·December 11, 2025·1 min read

The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission says the force has played a central role in systematic repression since 2014, entrenching impunity and violating basic rights. “The facts we have documented show the role of the GNB in a pattern of systematic and coordinated repression against opponents or those perceived as such, which has continued for more than a...

Government corruption fuels human rights crisis in South Sudan, independent panel finds

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·September 17, 2025·1 min read

Based on two years of independent investigations and analysis, the report reveals how oil and non-oil revenues are siphoned off through opaque schemes and politically connected contracts. Meanwhile, millions of South Sudanese are denied basic services. “Our report tells the story of the plundering of a nation: corruption is not...

DPR Korea: UN report finds human rights situation still dire, a decade on

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·September 12, 2025·2 min read

The rights office, OHCHR, interviewed 314 witnesses who left the DPRK – more commonly known as North Korea – and consulted with several organizations and experts to evaluate the human rights conditions there since 2014. The situation has not improved, and in many cases has worsened, “bringing even more suffering...

UN aviation council finds Russia responsible for downing of Malaysia Airlines flight

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·May 13, 2025·1 min read

The council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) voted on Monday that Russia failed to uphold its obligations under international air law which requires that States “refrain from resorting to the use of weapons against civil aircraft in flight.” The case was brought by the Netherlands and Australia. “This...

Climate crisis driving surge in gender-based violence, UN report finds

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·April 22, 2025·4 min read

That is the warning from a new report by the UN Spotlight Initiative, which finds that climate change is intensifying the social and economic stresses that are fuelling increased levels of violence against women and girls. The report finds that extreme weather, displacement, food insecurity, and economic instability are key factors increasing...

Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds

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·February 5, 2025·2 min read

Released on Tuesday, the new report highlights that at least 5,626 people have been killed and more than 2,213 injured in the past year, due to the armed gangs who control much of the capital and the country at large. These figures reflect a sharp increase of over 1,000 fatalities...

Commission of Inquiry finds further evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

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·October 21, 2023·2 min read

The report by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, published on Friday, follows a study issued in March. It documents additional indiscriminate attacks with explosive weapons, resulting in deaths, injuries and the destruction and damage of civilian objects. For example, 24 people, mostly women and children, were...

Hunger afflicts one in ten globally, UN report finds

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·July 12, 2023·1 min read

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World revealed that between 691 and 783 million people faced hunger in 2022, with a mid-range of 735 million, representing an increase of 122 million people compared to 2019. It also adds up to a grim warning, potentially jeopardizing the Sustainable Development...

In drought-stricken Cabo Verde, UN chief finds hope for creating sustainable oasis

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·January 23, 2023·10 min read

For hours, António Guterres’ car had moved along a sinuous road, which opened against an arid landscape, but then one last curve, and a few hundred feet up a hill, the view outside his window bursts into myriad shades of green, as small terraces supported by stone walls filled with banana...

Arab region registers world’s highest unemployment rate, UN survey finds

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·December 31, 2022·1 min read

However, the Survey of Economic and Social Developments in the Arab Region, published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) projects post-COVID-19 economic recovery efforts to prompt a very slight decrease next year – to 11.7 per cent. Mounting poverty Meanwhile, poverty measured against national lines...