Clean air is key to everyone achieving their potential, not just athletes, reigning marathon world record-holder Paula Radcliffe said on Wednesday.
Have you ever gotten to experience a carefully-selected whiff of toxic air?
That’s what the United Nations has in store for you in Geneva, in a new art exhibit, where people can take a bitter-sweet smell at some of the world’s most clogged-up cities.
The international community must not tolerate any more atrocities in Myanmar, and the Government should be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC) to answer for serious rights violations, the UN expert tasked with monitoring human rights in the country, Yanghee Lee, has told UN News.
The international community must put human rights ahead of policy changes, when it comes to negotiations with North Korea, which is officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).
That’s the advice of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights for the nation, Tomas Quintana, who says despite denuclearization and peace developments underway, local authorities have not shown “any willingness” to comply with international human rights law and obligations.
A chief reason for the high level of “peace, stability and prosperity” enjoyed by many countries across the world over the past 70 years, is the ongoing work of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Too many states are using legitimate public concerns about terrorism, as an excuse to target individuals or communities they don’t like.
That’s the blunt view of Ahmed Shaheed, UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, who was at UN Headquarters this week to deliver a report to the UN General Assembly.
Anti-immigrant rhetoric around the world is increasingly “worrying,” a UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders said on Tuesday, and when some governments begin labelling migrants “terrorists”, advocates for their rights “need to find ways to protect them.”
Independent rights expert, Michel Forst, also says defenders themselves often face attacks from local officials, and are at the center of a narrative deeming them “enemies of the state.”
Gazans are scraping by on just four hours of electricity per day due to fuel shortages, a crisis which the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, Jamie McGoldrick has called “a terrible situation” as winter months approach.
It's time to ‘demystify’ what we know about artificial intelligence (AI), and monitor its development so it’s consistent with human rights and fosters healthy freedom of expression.
That’s the view of David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the enjoyment of freedom of opinion and expression, who detailed the relationship between the right to expression and technology in a statement to the General Assembly on Monday.
