Human Rights

Rape victims receive treatment at the Panzi hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
IRIN (file photo, July 2011)

UN chief condemns attack on home of renowned doctor in eastern DR Congo

26 October 2012
Africa

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemns in the “strongest possible terms” an attack which took place on Thursday night at the home of Dr. Denis Mukwege, a physician internationally known for his work with rape victims in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Mr. Ban's spokesperson.

Candles at a memorial event form the number 13,246, the official count of Nepalis killed as of May 2006.
RP Humagai

In report on Nepal conflict, UN human rights chief voices concern over pace and extent of justice efforts

8 October 2012
Asia Pacific

With the release of a landmark report on breaches of international law committed in the ten years before the 2006 peace deal between the Nepali Government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), the United Nations human rights chief today highlighted her concern over the failure to create promised transitional justice mechanisms to address past human rights violations.