Dr. Lin Chia-lung Minister of Foreign Affairs ROC (Taiwan) The rules-based international order is under growing strain as authoritarian states seek to weaken its safeguards and reshape international rule to serve their own interests. Even the fundamental principles of peaceful settlement of disputes and prohibition against the threat or use of force, which are enshrined […]
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UN chief issues 7-point ‘call to action’ on human rights
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the United Nations issued a “call to action” on Monday to countries, businesses and all people to help renew and revive human rights across the globe, laying out a seven-point plan amid concerns about climate change, conflict and repression. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the appeal at the start […]
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The Latest: Amnesty Intl says outbreak hurting human rights
BEIJING (AP) — The Latest on a virus outbreak that began in China (all times local): 4:20 p.m. The human rights group Amnesty International has urged governments to avoid violating human rights as they strive to contain and end the outbreak of a virus centered in China that has killed more than 560 people. The […]
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Rights expert welcomes Pope’s decision to lift ‘veil of secrecy’ on child abuse cases
ROME/GENEVA,20 DECEMBER 2109 — The Vatican must act to ensure justice for people who were sexually abused by priests during childhood, a UN independent human rights expert said on Thursday. Maud de Boer-Buquicchio issued the charge in a statement welcoming the decision by Pope Francis to abolish a Roman Catholic Church policy which maintains secrecy […]
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24hrs in Solitary Confinement, man talks about inhumane prison conditions
The dark room he was thrown in had a puddle of water and smelt of urine and feces After the recent report on the court verdict about the human rights violation in the Koror Jail; a man came forward, on a promise of anonymity, to share his story of how 24hrs in a dark room […]
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Human rights violated in Koror Jail
A human being, regardless of the crime he has committed, should not be treated as less than a human: Court The Division of Corrections, Bureau of Public Safety that falls under the Ministry of Justice violated human rights of an inmate by keeping him in gruesome conditions for about five months in solitary confinement. The […]