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Ukraine, European rights body sign accord for tribunal on Russian aggression

(Reuters) -Ukraine and the Council of Europe human rights body signed an agreement on Wednesday form...

25th June, 2025

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Iran's 'paper tiger' leadership will fall, predicts Nobel peace laureate Ebadi

By Bahareh Khodabandeh and William James LONDON (Reuters) -Iranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin...

25th June, 2025

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Eritrea seeks to end mandate of UN expert investigating abuses, document shows

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Eritrea is trying to cancel the mandate of a U.N. expert investigati...

25th June, 2025

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Funding crisis stalls UN probe into possible war crimes in Congo

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N.-mandated commission investigating suspected human rig...

24th June, 2025

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Weaponisation of food in Gaza constitutes war crime, UN rights office says

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday that the "weaponisation" of food for...

24th June, 2025

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Germany against suspending EU deal with Israel, official says

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany does not support calls to suspend a pact governing Israel's relations with...

23rd June, 2025

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Israel rejects critical EU report ahead of ministers' meeting

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Israel has rejected a European Union report saying it may be breaching human rig...

22nd June, 2025

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Mahmoud Khalil vows to resume pro-Palestinian activism after release from US jail

By Jonathan Allen NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) -Mahmoud Khalil vowed to resume his pro-Palestinian a...

21st June, 2025

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Israel slams UN rights council for giving floor to Iran

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Israel's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva has rais...

20th June, 2025

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Britain, under pressure on immigration, urges reform of European human rights framework

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) -Britain called on Wednesday for reform of the European Convention...

18th June, 2025

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Man shot by Kenyan police during protests is in intensive care, father says

NAIROBI (Reuters) -A man shot at point blank by a Kenyan police officer during protests in the capit...

18th June, 2025

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Exclusive-Historic UN building in Geneva could be abandoned as Trump cuts loom

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. building that was once the headquarters of the first modern...

17th June, 2025