Newsletter from UN human rights organisation
Die Menschenrechte im Rahmen der Vereinten Nationen (UNO)
Bereits die Charta der Vereinten Nationen von 1945 enthält den klaren Auftrag an die Staatengemeinschaft, die Achtung und Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und Grundrechte für alle zu fördern. Der Grundstein für den internationalen Schutz der Menschenrechte wurde mit der 1948 verabschiedeten Allgemeinen Erklärung der Menschenrechte gelegt.
Der Newsticker informiert über aktuelle Ereignisse zum Thema Menschenrechte.
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Afghanistan in crisis: Drought, malnutrition and a worsening humanitarian situation
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 22, 2026 | 14:00 pmImagine being one of a family of nine and sitting down to a meal of potato peelings and other scraps, boiled up into a soup. This is the harsh reality for many of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable families, forced on them[…]
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AI is getting women wrong, the cost is growing
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 22, 2026 | 14:00 pmAs artificial intelligence reshapes how people work, communicate and access information, UN Women warned on Monday that the technology is reproducing old gender stereotypes, which amplify online abuse and leave women out of the decisions that will define the digital[…]
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Conflicts command headlines…protecting peace, less so: The UN Peacebuilding Fund explained
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 21, 2026 | 14:00 pmWars regularly make headlines. Preventing them rarely does.
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Ebola in DR Congo: One month on, scaled up response remains insufficient
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 20, 2026 | 14:00 pmOne month after the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, case numbers continue to rise.
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Sudan: Security Council warns of mass atrocity risk in El Obeid
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 20, 2026 | 14:00 pmThe UN Security Council has expressed alarm over reports of substantial military reinforcements by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) around El Obeid in Sudan, warning of the risk of a potential ground offensive on the city.
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From malaria to energy: Why solutions from the Global South aren’t reaching the people who need them most
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 20, 2026 | 14:00 pmInnovators – especially in the Global South – are too often locked out of funding and opportunity despite offering solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.
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Old and new challenges for the Human Rights Council as it turns 20
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmIt’s 20 years to the day since the UN Human Rights Council began its work as the world’s principal forum tasked with promoting and defending fundamental rights everywhere, particularly the world’s most vulnerable people.
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UNESCO launches consultation on fair payment for news in the digital age
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmUN cultural agency UNESCO has launched a global consultation process to inform its Draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News, particularly as online platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly rely on journalistic content.
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For one young refugee in Uganda, basketball is more than a game
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmWhen 19-year-old Stephane Kulimushi looks around the basketball court in Kampala where he trains young refugees, he sees more than players.
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Art and culture can both fuel and counter hate, UN discussion hears on Juneteenth
UN News - Global perspective Human stories Jun 19, 2026 | 14:00 pmFrom a gold collar worn by an enslaved African to music preserved for nearly a century after the Holocaust, a staged reconstruction of a hate radio broadcast or porcelain coffee cups laid out in participatory remembrance, artists in a United[…]
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