‘People tell you what you need to know, without brutality’: Former UN torture expert
Not only does torture not work, it’s counterproductive, and when the practice elicits false confessions, societies pay a “very high price.”
Not only does torture not work, it’s counterproductive, and when the practice elicits false confessions, societies pay a “very high price.”
Somalia could provide valuable “lessons learned for other mission set ups”, according to the UN police commissioner there.
Although East Africa has been experiencing impressive economic growth for nearly a decade, it has not enabled the creation of enough decent jobs for the region’s rapidly growing population.
Although almost nine in 10 people in developed countries use the internet, in poorer regions, only a fraction of that number goes online.
It’s difficult to predict when tsunamis will strike, and though occurrences are rare, investing in keeping cities safe from this deadliest and most costly disaster will keep lives and economies from being washed away.
Deployed with the UN Stabilization Mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since March 2017, after serving in Darfur and Mali, UN Police Officer (UNPOL) Seynabou Diouf from Senegal, helps empower women and survivors of sexual violence across the region.
One billion children—or half the world’s youngsters—are victims of violence, ranging from conflict and humanitarian crises to cyberbullying and recruitment by terrorist groups.
The unbearable levels of air pollution in India’s New Delhi, declared a public health emergency by the local government as of Monday, have made “the invisible killer, visible”.
La Guajira, Colombia’s northernmost region, is dry with desert landscapes. It’s prone to drought and food insecurity particularly in rural areas.
Discrimination and violence towards members of the LGBTI community continues to be pervasive in every region of the world, with same-sex marriages still considered a crime in 69 countries.