Law and Crime Prevention

Electoral officials count votes during the electoral process to choose members of the Lower House of the Federal Parliament in Baidoa, Somalia in November 2016.
UN Photo / Sabir Olad

Somalia: UN urges steps to ensure future elections not ‘marred’ by rights abuses seen in recent polls

13 August 2018
Africa

In a report released on Monday, the United Nations urged Somalia to take steps to ensure future elections are not marred by the human rights violations and abuses committed during the 2016-2017 electoral process.

Rohingya refugees endure a heavy rain in Balukhali camp in Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, on 4 May 2018. UNCHR chief Filippo Grandi has appealed to regional Governments to offer more support to Bangladesh in addressing the ongoing refugee crisis.
UNICEF/Brian Sokol

Bangladesh: Head of UN refugee agency calls on Asia-Pacific leaders to show ‘solidarity’ with Rohingya refugees

7 August 2018
Asia Pacific

The Head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi, on Tuesday urged government representatives and business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for over 700,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled violence and discrimination in Myanmar’s Rakhine State over the past year.

UNPOL police patrol in Timbuktu, in Northern Mali, in 2017, to secure the population of the city against terrorist threats and organized crime.
UN Photo/Harandane Dicko

UN-backed meeting of African States targets terrorism, violent extremism

2 August 2018
Africa

Regional security topped the agenda of a United Nations-backed joint summit on Central and West Africa searching, among other things, for a practical approach to fighting terrorism.