UNHCR
At least 144 refugees dead or missing off coast of Mauritania, UN agency says
The toll comes after three rescue operations in Mauritania between July 14-18, the UN agency said, calling for more access to education and labor opportunities to create sea crossing alternatives.
Diplomatic efforts seek to avert Trump split with UN refugee agency, sources say
Two Ebola-related deaths confirmed in eastern Congo displacement camp - UN refugee agency
UN seeks $308 million for Lebanon as war displaces 800,000 people
Saudi Arabia’s failed UNHRC bid not just about human rights - analysis
Observers of United Nations affairs cite need for major reforms regarding way countries are elected to rights council.
UN makes mockery of its Human Rights Council
“It’s logically absurd and morally obscene that the UN is about to elect to its top human rights body a regime that herded 1 million Uighurs into camps."
UNHRC members call for annual updates to settlement blacklist
The list was presented to the UNHCR on Monday, following a delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Islamist insurgency in Mozambique escalates attacks, beheadings reported
"They speak of men, in particular, being targeted and beheaded and many, many reports of women and children ... being kidnapped or simply disappearing," a UNHCR spokesperson told a briefing in Geneva
Syria has right to recover the Golan Heights from Israel, envoy tells UNHRC
“Our country in no way recognizes any of the administrative measures taken by the Israeli occupying power in the Syrian Golan,” Syria's ambassador to the UNHRC said.
Criminalizing Israel’s right to self-defense in Gaza - analysis
Until the ICC formally drops the matter, just the specter of possible ICC prosecution gives additional weight to any UN activity or report that speaks to war crimes.
Left Behind by War: Unexploded Ordnance Keeps Killing Displaced Iraqis
Some 70% of explosive hazards still lie beneath the rubble left by years of battle.
U.K. promises to vote against anti-Israel resolutions at UNHRC
“We will continue to press for the abolition of Item 7, which only undermines the credibility of the world’s leading human rights forum,” Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt wrote in an op-ed for 'The JC.'
Israel working to delay UNHRC blacklist
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is expected to publish the list either before, or during the session, which is scheduled to run from February 25 to March 22.
WATCH: Saudi teen seeking asylum in Australia describes harrowing tale
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun has said that she feared her family would kill her if she were sent back to Saudi Arabia and that she had renounced Islam, a crime punishable by death under Saudi law.
