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UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese takes part in a talk at The Hague Humanity Hub on February 12, 2025.
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UN reaffirms Francesca Albanese role as Special Rapporteur

Francesca Albanese, a prominent pro-Palestine advocate amid Israel’s war on Gaza, will remain in office until 2028, the UN Human Rights Council stressed.

Assiah Hamed
05 April, 2025
Stop Gaza genocide protest [Getty]
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UN rights council demands Israel 'prevent genocide' in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
02 April, 2025
Israeli civilians watched Palestinian detainees raped and grouped in detention centres [Getty]
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Israel civilians took part in abuse of Palestinian detainees: UN

The New Arab Staff
23 March, 2025
Sudanese civil war continues
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UN rights chief warns of 'mass deaths from famine' in Sudan

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2025
55th session of Human Rights Council kicks off chaired by its Representative of Morocco Ambassador Omar Zniber at the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland on February 26, 2024.
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Israel, US 'undermining human rights' by UNHRC withdrawal

Assiah Hamed
06 February, 2025
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Iran abuses could be 'crimes against humanity': UN expert

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 March, 2023
Israeli MK Bezalel Smotrich
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Gulf states, UN official slam Smotrich's incendiary remarks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 March, 2023
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Interview: Navi Pillay, Chair of UNHRC's Palestine inquiry

Ibtisam Azem
21 December, 2022
Iran
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UN rights council orders international probe of Iran crackdown

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 November, 2022
Iran protests
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UN rights council to hold urgent session on Iran

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 November, 2022
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UNHRC adopts resolution on missing people in Syria

The New Arab Staff
07 October, 2022
China has campaigned against a UN debate on its human rights abuses in Xinjiang [Getty]
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UN body rejects debate on China's human rights record

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 October, 2022
Bahrain
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Bahrain pulls out of UN rights body election after criticism

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 October, 2022
China
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China values UN relationship despite Uyghur rights criticism

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 September, 2022
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UN rights chief to visit Rohingya camps in Bangladesh

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 August, 2022
UN General Assembly vote suspends Russia
Russian invasion of Ukraine
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UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 April, 2022
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UN to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 April, 2022
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UN official: Israel imposing apartheid on Palestinians

The New Arab Staff
23 March, 2022
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Yemen urgently needs an international oversight mechanism

Anna-Christina Schmidl

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07 February, 2022
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UN group slams Kazakh authorities for silencing protesters

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
12 January, 2022
Sudan protests, 21 October 2021
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Demand for special UN rights council meet after Sudan coup

01 November, 2021