U.N. human rights Archives

November 8, 2024 5:47 PM

Nearly 70% of verified Gaza war dead women and children, UN rights office says

The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. Th...

October 15, 2024 7:03 PM

U.N. refugee agency says 25% of Lebanon under Israeli evacuation orders

The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it had received reports that most of the 22 victims of an Israeli air strike on a building in northern Lebanon were women and children. "What we are hearing is that amongst the 22 people killed were 12 wo...

July 9, 2024 6:01 PM

UN probing reported mass grave on Libya-Tunisia border

The U.N. human rights chief said on Tuesday that his office was following up on reports of a mass grave in the desert along the Libya-Tunisia border, after the bodies of at least 65 migrants were found at another site earlier this year. In a speech,...

July 2, 2024 5:47 PM

Wife of Pakistan’s Imran Khan gets bail in graft case, media say

A special court in Pakistan's city of Rawalpindi granted interim bail on Tuesday to the wife of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a graft case, media outlet ARY News said. Khan, in jail since last August, was convicted in some cases ahead of Febru...

October 6, 2023 4:54 PM

Mohammadi’s Nobel Peace Prize highlights courage of Iranian women, UN rights office says

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on October 6 that the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to jailed activist Narges Mohammadi highlighted the courage and determination of Iranian women. "We've seen their c...