Newsletter from UN human rights organisation
Die Menschenrechte im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
Bereits die Charta der Vereinten Nationen von 1945 enthält den klaren Auftrag an die Staatengemeinschaft, die Achtung und Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und Grundrechte für alle zu fördern. Der Grundstein für den internationalen Schutz der Menschenrechte wurde mit der 1948 verabschiedeten Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte gelegt.
Der Newsticker informiert über aktuelle Ereignisse zum Thema Menschenrechte.
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Lebanon ‘dragged back into turmoil’, UN envoy warns
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 7, 2026 | 13:00 pmLebanon has been “dragged back into a state of turmoil and violence”, the UN’s top envoy in the country warned on Saturday, after the latest round of regional strikes triggered a fast‑escalating crisis along the Blue Line. What had been[…]
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Radio Begum: A rare public space for women in Afghanistan
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 7, 2026 | 13:00 pmEvery morning in Kabul, several cars make their way across the Afghan capital to pick up the producers of Radio Begum. The young women do not travel to the office on their own as moving around the city has become[…]
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 6 March: World economy at grave risk, warns UN chief; ‘the situation could spiral beyond anyone's control’
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 6, 2026 | 13:00 pmMilitary strikes and counter-strikes are continuing across the Middle East as the US and Israel wage war on Iran. With the world economy at grave risk, ‘the situation could spiral beyond anyone’s control’ warned UN chief António Guterres. “It is[…]
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On day seven of Middle East war, no let-up in suffering
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 6, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe escalating war in the Middle East has heightened growing concerns about further civilian suffering and displacement in the region and far beyond, UN agencies said on Friday.
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Women’s representation in parliament sees sluggish gains
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 6, 2026 | 13:00 pmWomen held 27.5 per cent of parliamentary seats worldwide as the year began –a 0.3 per cent increase from 2025, marking the slowest growth in nearly a decade, according to a new report from the UN-backed Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
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Justice takes centre stage: UN welcomes world’s largest women’s rights event
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 6, 2026 | 13:00 pmWomen have never been closer to equality and never closer to losing it, according to UN Women ahead of the start of the world’s largest gender equality gathering.
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 5 March: Further escalation drives uncertainty and suffering
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 5, 2026 | 13:00 pmOn day six of the war in the Middle East, there's been no let-up in bombs, drones and rockets targeting Iran, Israel, Lebanon and many Gulf States, while NATO forces reportedly intercepted a missile fired at Türkiye by Iran, a[…]
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UN calls for fair play in the global race for critical minerals
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 5, 2026 | 13:00 pmCritical minerals such as lithium and cobalt are central to the transition to a zero-carbon economy. As the Security Council meets on Thursday to discuss “energy, critical minerals and security,” here is some of the work the UN is doing[…]
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World News In Brief: Sudan conflict intensifies, Global inequality deepening, HIV success amid new medicine, increase in ‘Domicide’ worldwide
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 5, 2026 | 13:00 pmThere has been an alarming escalation of violence in the Kordofan region where fighting has killed and injured civilians, destroyed homes, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure.
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Women’s rights are regressing worldwide, warns UN gender equality chief
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 4, 2026 | 13:00 pmAs an increase in conflicts leads to a significant spike in gender-based violence, women across the world face a “justice gap” with discriminatory laws reported in most countries, according to a report from gender equality agency UN Women, released on[…]
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