Americas

UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre

Protect the rights of ‘Dreamers,’ UN human rights experts urge US Government

21 February 2018
Human Rights

With hundreds of thousands of migrants who arrived in the United States as children facing possible expulsion, a group of United Nations human rights experts has urged the country to take urgent steps to address their situation and ensure that their rights are protected.

UN Photo/Loey Felipe

United States: Planned execution of seriously ill man may amount to torture, warn UN experts

19 February 2018
Human Rights

Two United Nations human rights experts have urged the Government of the United States to halt the execution a seriously ill person stressing that given his health condition, the use of lethal injection could possibly amount to torture.

UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief expresses ‘profound sadness’ at Florida gun massacre

15 February 2018
Peace and Security

Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed his profound sadness at the horrific gun massacre in Florida in a message he wrote to the Governor and to the United States’ Ambassador to the United Nations, UN spokesman said Thursday. 

IOM/Keith Dannemiller

Migrant deaths along US-Mexico border remain high despite drop in crossings – UN agency

6 February 2018
Migrants and Refugees

The number of migrants losing their lives attempting to cross the United States-Mexico border in 2017 remained high in spite of substantial decrease in the number of arrests along the frontier, the United Nations migration agency reported on Tuesday.