Law and Crime Prevention

Residents of Hudaydah in Yemen are relying on food aid from the World Food Programme. (March 2019)
WFP/Annabel Symington

Friday’s Daily Brief: ending harassment at work, Khashoggi interview, Yemen food aid, updates on Eritrea, North Korea

21 June 2019

This Friday: Worldwide violence and harassment ban at work; WFP partially pulls Yemen aid to stem food theft; crackdown on Catholics in Eritrea; Central African Republic food crisis deepens, and much more.

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the 108th Session of the International Labour Conference on 21 June 2019.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Guterres hails historic Convention banning violence and harassment at work

21 June 2019

A landmark international agreement banning violence and harassment in the workplace has been applauded by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, after it was adopted on Friday at the International Labour Organization’s Centenary Conference in Geneva.

Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Saudi Arabia in spotlight as UN-appointed independent investigator publishes full Khashoggi findings

19 June 2019
Middle East

Responsibility for the killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi lies with “high-level officials” of the monarchy, a UN-appointed independent investigator said on Wednesday, in a renewed call for full State accountability for the crime. 

Secretary-General António Guterres.
Photo: TASS/UN DPI

UN chief condemns terrorist attacks in Kenya and Somalia

16 June 2019
Africa

The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Sunday condemned an attack that took place on Saturday in Wajir County, Kenya, in which at least eight police officers were killed when their car struck an improvised explosive device (IED), as well as a car bomb attack in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in which at least eight people were killed. 

Protesters gather in front of the headquarters of the Sudanese army in the capital, Khartoum. (11 April 2019)
Masarib/Ahmed Bahhar

Sudan: ‘Violence must stop’, says UNICEF chief, ‘gravely concerned’ over 19 child deaths since military backlash

11 June 2019
Africa

At least 19 children have reportedly been killed in Sudan and another 49 injured since a military backlash against protesters began earlier this month, prompting the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to express her grave concern “at the impact of the continuing violence and unrest in the country on children and young people”.

Hundreds of voters in line outside the Sayed Jamaludin Afghan polling center in Ayno Mena, Kandahar for the Afghanistan parliametary elections. 27 October 2018.
UNAMA/Mujeeb Rahman

Civilians ‘must never be a target,’ says UN in Afghanistan, amid troubling number of casualties during Ramadan

10 June 2019
Asia Pacific

The United Nations has urged all parties to the “ongoing intense conflict” across Afghanistan to meet their obligations to protect civilians from harm, denouncing a spate of attacks by militants which killed more than 100 civilians in Kabul alone during  Ramadan.

Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Repatriation of extremist fighters and families to Kazakhstan, welcomed by UN rights expert

17 May 2019
Global

Stressing the need for some Governments to reform their laws and policies on fighting terrorism and extremism, an independent UN human rights expert welcomed on Friday Kazakhstan’s repatriation of 231 of its citizens from conflict sites in Syria and Iraq, earlier this month.

A total of 894 children, including 106 girls, have been released in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria, from the ranks of the Civilian Joint Task Force, a local militia that helps the Nigerian security forces. (10 May 2019)
UNICEF

Nearly 900 children released by north-east Nigeria armed group

10 May 2019

The decision by a large armed group based in north-east Nigeria to release nearly 900 youngsters has been welcomed by UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, which has warned that those freed will need long-term help if they are to lead a normal life in the future.

File photo of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, briefing the UN Security Council on Libya in May 2019.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Arrest of three Libyans wanted for grave crimes ‘would send strong and necessary message’ to victims, urges top Prosecutor 

8 May 2019
Middle East

The arrest and transfer of three men in Libya who are wanted on war crimes charges – including the son of former ruler Muammar Gadaffi - would “send a strong and necessary message” to victims, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the UN Security Council on Wednesday. 

A video journalist covers a news event.
Public Domain

Tuesday’s Daily Brief: prize-winning journalists freed in Myanmar, new tracking tool for suspected terrorists, and a global bid to stop snakebite deaths

7 May 2019
Global

This Tuesday, we cover: the release of two Reuters journalists in Myanmar; how to detect and disrupt terrorist travel; escalation in Syria fighting; an update from the World Food Programme on Yemen; and how the UN is working to reduce snakebite deaths.