UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk stated Friday before the UN Human Rights Council that the ongoing war in Ukraine has become an escalating “human rights catastrophe” amid a sharp surge in civilian casualties. Addressing the council in Geneva, Türk reported that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [...]
Tuvalu Prime Minister Feleti Teo addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, urging decisive global action to mitigate sea-level rise and welcoming the UN’s approval of the Declaration on Sea-Level Rise. The landmark agreement, approved by consensus the previous day, formally recognizes the continuity of statehood and the permanence of maritime boundaries established under [...]
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Wednesday stated that it aims to approve the country’s first abortion pill by the first quarter of 2027, filling a legal vacuum following the Constitutional Court of Korea’s 2019 judgment striking down the country’s criminal abortion ban. Gender Equality and Family Minister Won Min-kyong told a [...]
European Parliament members on Thursday adopted a resolution concerning the human rights situation in Hong Kong, urging the Council of the European Union to impose targeted sanctions on Hong Kong officials under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. The text criticized Hong Kong’s National Security Law, in force since 2020, which has drawn international [...]
