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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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 19 March: Civilians bear the brunt as strikes and displacement rise
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmOngoing strikes across the Middle East stemming from the US-Israeli bombing of Iran and subsequent counterstrikes in the Gulf by Tehran continue to drive humanitarian needs, civilian casualties and mass displacement. Concerns are also growing over maritime security, the economic[…]
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Middle East war: ‘Force of the law’ must prevail over the law of force, urges Guterres
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe US and Israel must end their bombing campaign before it spirals out of control, while Iran needs to stop attacking Gulf neighbours who have played no direct part in the war roiling the Middle East and beyond, the UN[…]
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Amid deepening crisis in Palestine, girls face rising risks and a mounting mental health emergency
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmMore than two years of unrelenting violence, displacement and loss have pushed children and young people in Palestine into what one UN official describes as a “profound mental health emergency”, with girls facing heightened risks, including a resurgence in child[…]
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Middle East war shockwaves ripple through Asia-Pacific fuel and supply chains
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe fallout from the war in the Middle East is rippling far beyond the Gulf, disrupting fuel supplies, shipping routes and supply chains across Asia and the Pacific, with some of the region’s most vulnerable economies already feeling the strain[…]
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World News in Brief: Rafah crossing reopens, gender inequality worsens global water crisis, rights defenders in Colombia
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 19, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe Rafah crossing into Gaza reopened on Thursday for limited movement in both directions after a 20-day suspension, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
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MIDDLE EAST LIVE 18 March: Lebanon displacement tops one million as nuclear safety concerns raised
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe crisis in the Middle East continues, with ongoing strikes and rising humanitarian needs. The UN nuclear watchdog reported Wednesday that a projectile struck the site of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, although no casualties have been reported. In Lebanon,[…]
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Middle East war risks undermining Syria’s fragile recovery, Security Council hears
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe international community must step up efforts to support Syria amid the current conflict raging in the Middle East, two senior UN officials told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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World News in Brief: Yemen appeal, Middle East war roils Somalia, needs grow in Colombia
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmUN aid teams in Yemen on Wednesday warned that the situation in the war-torn nation remains dire in a call for $2 billion in aid to deliver lifesaving assistance for 12 million people.
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Humanitarian needs in Gaza deepen as aid access remains constrained
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmHumanitarian needs are continuing to grow again across Gaza, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Wednesday, amid mounting pressures on aid delivery and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
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UN mourns constitutional lawyer-turned top crisis diplomat, Nicholas Haysom
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Mar 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe UN is mourning the loss of Nicholas Haysom, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for South Sudan, who went from advising Nelson Mandela following the historic anti-apartheid struggle to becoming a “tireless” champion of crisis diplomacy for the UN in Africa,[…]
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