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.
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UN Libya envoy warns Security Council political deadlock threatens state unity
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmLibya’s prolonged political stalemate, worsening economic conditions and an emerging split within the judiciary pose mounting risks to the country’s unity, the UN’s top envoy for the country, Hanna Serwaa Tetteh, told the Security Council on Wednesday.
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Sudan: Rights chief alarmed after at least 57 killed in drone attacks in two days
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Wednesday for warring parties in Sudan to take urgent steps to protect civilians after at least 57 people were killed in separate drone strikes over two days this week.
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Artists face steep income decline due to AI, UNESCO finds
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 18, 2026 | 13:00 pmCreators worldwide are facing mounting financial pressures as rapid advances in digital technologies and artificial intelligence continue to transform the cultural and creative industries, according to a new global report released by the UN culture agency, UNESCO, on Wednesday.
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Maternal deaths spike during war and instability, new report warns
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 17, 2026 | 13:00 pmNearly two thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility, according to a report released on Tuesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners.
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Sudan crisis: UN agency launches $1.6 billion appeal to support refugees in seven countries
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 17, 2026 | 13:00 pmAs the war in Sudan approaches a fourth year, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and 123 partners appealed on Tuesday for $1.6 billion to support millions of people forced to flee the country in pursuit of safety.
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Epstein files: ‘No one is too wealthy or too powerful to be above the law’; rights experts demand accountability
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 17, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe large-scale disclosure of materials known as the “Epstein Files” has revealed “disturbing and credible evidence” of what independent human rights experts describe as a possible global criminal enterprise involving systematic sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls.
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Humanitarian access to Gaza still insufficient for relief and rebuilding: UN development chief
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 17, 2026 | 13:00 pmThe UN has the funds and capacity to scale up relief and reconstruction operations in Gaza but does not have the necessary access to carry out these vital tasks, Alexander De Croo, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP),[…]
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Migrants and refugees in Libya subjected to ‘systematic’ abuse: UN report
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 17, 2026 | 13:00 pmMigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers in Libya are enduring ruthless and systematic human rights violations, including killings, torture, sexual violence and trafficking, according to a new report published today by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.
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Ramadan in Gaza: Deprivation, high prices and the hardships of displacement
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 17, 2026 | 13:00 pmPalestinian Walid Al-Assi was playing with his young granddaughter this week, promising to take her to the market in Gaza City with the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan as his family had done before the Israel-Hamas war, but[…]
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World News in Brief: Madagascar cyclone response, Gaza medical evacuations, remembering civil rights icon Jesse Jackson
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Feb 17, 2026 | 13:00 pmAt least 52 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar on 10 February, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday, citing the authorities.
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