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Arbitrary detention still widespread in Mexico, rights expert warns

In a statement concluding a 12-day visit there, the UN expert group said that reforms including the transition to an…

3 years ago

How Costa Rica drafted Latin America’s first ever anti-hate strategy

“Costa Rican society does not teach us that there are indigenous people in this country,” she said. “It is a form…

3 years ago

Rights chief calls for international help to provide ‘way out of chaos’ in Haiti

“Every day the lives of Haitian people become even harder, but it is vital that we do not give up.…

3 years ago

Regional action essential to address migrant surge through Central America

"The situation underscores the urgent need for the immediate collective involvement of governments from origin, transit and destination countries to…

3 years ago

No time for finger pointing; we must work together to tackle pressing challenges, says Canada

Noting that we are at the halfway point in the global effort to ensure achievement of the of the Sustainable…

3 years ago

Venezuela continues crackdown on dissenters, UN rights experts warn

Marta Valiñas, Chair of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela, presented its latest report to the UN Human Rights…

3 years ago

We can’t keep putting the interest of the few before the lives of many, Mia Mottley says at UN

Describing the Sustainable Development Goals as “the promise of development and the conferral of dignity on our people,” the Prime…

3 years ago

Biden says ‘when we stand together’, we can tackle any challenge

Yet, for the second year in a row, the annual debate at the UN General Assembly is “darkened by the…

3 years ago

“Armed conflicts are an offense to human rationality,” Brazil’s Lula da Silva tells UN Assembly

Global inequalitiesThe world is becoming increasingly unequal, according to Mr. Silva. Immersed in a world of intersecting crises, including COVID-19,…

3 years ago

‘Staggering proposition’ reaching SDGs for small island States: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

That’s according to Joanna Kazana, the UN Resident Coordinator for Trinidad and Tobago, Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maarten.On 18 September, countries…

3 years ago