violence

DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violence

The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe…

12 months ago

War crimes likely committed in Syria coastal violence, UN says

Members of Syria's interim government forces as well as fighters linked to the former regime likely committed war crimes during…

1 year ago

Syria: Violence in Alawite areas may be war crimes, say rights investigators

Many of the victims were Alawite, a minority community in Syria, which the former ruling Assad family belonged to.  Some…

1 year ago

Violence in northern Mozambique forces thousands to flee, straining aid efforts

The displacement is the latest consequence of a cascade of overlapping emergencies in the country – including armed violence, climate…

1 year ago

Haiti: Violence and displacement driving humanitarian crisis as funding needs go unmet

Nearly 1.3 million people in the Caribbean country have fled their homes, with an additional 15,000 uprooted ast week after…

1 year ago

Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence

The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet.Once a place of learning,…

1 year ago

Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed

Briefing reporters in Geneva, UN human rights office, OHCHR, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted “credible” reports of “widespread violations and abuses,…

1 year ago

Almost 600 killed in south Syria violence, monitoring group says

ReutersThe fighting was sparked by a dispute between the Bedouin and Druze communitiesA monitoring group says 594 people have been…

1 year ago

Syria leader vows to protect Druze after sectarian violence prompts Israeli strikes

Syria's interim president has said it is his "priority" to protect the country's Druze citizens, after Israel vowed to destroy…

1 year ago

International Criminal Court: War crimes, systematic sexual violence ongoing in Darfur

Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told ambassadors in the UN Security Council that the ICC has “reasonable grounds to believe”…

1 year ago