Law and Crime Prevention
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Haiti: Armed violence reaches ‘unimaginable and intolerable levels’
A surge in violence fuelled by heavily armed gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, prompted the UN rights chief on Tuesday to…
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First Person: ‘I helped to rescue over 1,000 trafficking victims’
A human trafficking expert at the United Nations has told UN News how she was instrumental in saving over 1,000…
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Mali’s Press ban reflects growing regional intolerance, says UN rights office
Mali’s ban on two major international broadcasters operating inside the country is a worrying development in itself but it also…
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Justice must prevail over alleged Libya war crimes, ICC Prosecutor tells Security Council
Outlining a new four-pronged investigation strategy to the Security Council on Thursday, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
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Human rights: Belarus journalists win World Press Freedom Prize
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year‘s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press…
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Interview: Despite security and political crises, UN expert remains optimistic about Mali
Three weeks have passed since some 500 people were allegedly summarily executed in Moura, a village in central Mali –…
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Cyprus: Rights experts call for urgent solutions for missing persons tragedy
A top UN-appointed human rights panel issued an appeal on Tuesday for faster progress towards finding the remains of those…
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