Un Human Rights Council

/ 7 February 2022

Israel’s propaganda cannot erase that it is an apartheid state

Israel is scaling up its information war ahead of a UNHRC session at the end of February that will table a report into last year’s bombing of Gaza

By Vijay Prashad

National

/ 29 June 2021

Widow of Anton Hammerl, killed in Libya, asks UN to investigate his death

A decade after the photojournalist’s death his family wants his remains found and to know the circumstances in which he died

By Eunice Masson

Analysis

/ 5 April 2020

Southern Africa has cracked down on fake news, but may have gone too far

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Eswatini, South Africa and Zimbabwe have implemented new rules on disinformation. But these may have unintended consequences

By Timothy Fish Hodgson, Khanyo Farise and Justice Mavedzenge

Africa

/ 6 December 2018

Burundi to shut UN rights office: sources

In September, Burundi threatened to quit the rights council altogether after another report pointed to crimes against humanity in the country

By Agency

Article

/ 10 October 2018

The world ignores Yemen’s humanitarian crisis

The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution

By Mia Swart

Article

/ 14 March 2018

South Africa must stand up to Israeli apartheid

There is no system of oppression more fully documented – in UN reports and studies by human rights groups – than Israel’s crimes.

By Staff Reporter

Africa

/ 26 June 2017

Beleaguered Kabila finds a friend in Zuma

"Not only do the two presidents like each other, but there is also a business connection between their two families."

By Simon Allison

Article

/ 7 November 2016

SA backs Africa Group’s view that LGBTI rights have no place in international law

The country has sanctioned a move to suspend the UN’s first independent gender representative.

By Carl Collison

Article

/ 5 March 2015

UN calls on countries to ‘root out’ injustices that fuel extremism

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has warned that countries risk making the situation worse if their counter-terrorism operations are perceived as unjust.

By Nina Larson

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Article

/ 15 March 2012

Towards a progressive culture

Once a fence sitter, South Africa has now decided to lead by example on the continent and advocate for laws protecting sexual minorities.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 15 April 2009

Israel refuses to cooperate with Gaza war crimes probe

Israel has informed the UN it will refuse to cooperate with a probe of war crimes allegedly committed during the military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 4 March 2009

Zim minister lashes out at UN rights chief

Zimbabwe’s justice minister accused the UN’s top rights official on Wednesday of undermining the African nation’s new unity government.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 12 January 2009

UN Human Rights Council condemns Gaza strikes

A divided United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday adopted a resolution condemning Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 31 May 2008

UN racism expert condemns SA violence

The United Nations independent expert on racism urged South Africa on Friday to bring to justice those responsible for recent xenophobic violence that claimed more than 50 lives this month. ”I condemn these acts in the strongest terms,” special rapporteur Doudou Diene said as he called on South African authorities to bring the perpetrators to justice.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 28 May 2008

Tutu plunges into heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu on Wednesday plunged into the harsh reality of the conflict in Gaza, where a tearful Palestinian family recounted losing loved ones in an Israeli attack and the ruling Hamas movement expounded its hard-line stance. The South African cleric is heading a team of United Nations human rights observers.

By Mehdi Lebouachera

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Article

/ 13 April 2008

Piercing the Mbeki shield

On the surface, South Africa’s assumption of the presidency of the United Nations Security Council earlier this month has no relevance for the Zimbabwe electoral crisis. Desperate Zimbabweans could call for help from the UN, but this call comes when South Africa is gatekeeper at the Security Council.

By Tawanda Mutasah

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Article

/ 7 March 2008

UN human rights chief to step down

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Canadian jurist Louise Arbour, said on Friday she will step down when her current term in office expires on June 30. ”It is very much for personal reasons. I’m not prepared to make this commitment for another four years,” said Arbour in Geneva.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 6 March 2008

Sri Lanka under fire over human rights ‘nightmare’

Sri Lanka was hit by scathing criticism over its human rights record on Thursday, with its government fingered over hundreds of ”disappearances” and an influential panel storming off the island. The move is a major blow to the image of the island’s government, which pulled out of a truce with Tamil Tiger rebels in January.

By Amal Jayasinghe

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Article

/ 24 January 2008

SA to head UN Security Council again

South Africa will have a second opportunity this year to head the United Nations Security Council, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Thursday. South Africa, a non-permanent member of the 15-nation Security Council, will take over the presidency of the UN-decision making body in April again.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 19 November 2007

Dept hits back at human rights ‘sell-out’ claim

South Africa is a leader in how human rights issues are dealt with at the United Nations, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. The department was responding to a Sunday Times report that the country’s human rights reputation was ”in tatters” after a series of ”sell-out” votes.

By Staff Reporter

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Article

/ 3 October 2007

Burma junta arrests more under cover of darkness

Burma’s junta arrested more people under the cover of darkness on Wednesday despite a crescendo of international outrage during a keenly watched United Nations mission to bring an end to a bloody crackdown on protests. At least eight truckloads of prisoners were hauled out of downtown Rangoon.

By Aung Hla Tun

Israel’s propaganda cannot erase that it is an apartheid state

Widow of Anton Hammerl, killed in Libya, asks UN to investigate his death

Southern Africa has cracked down on fake news, but may have gone too far

Burundi to shut UN rights office: sources

The world ignores Yemen’s humanitarian crisis

South Africa must stand up to Israeli apartheid

Beleaguered Kabila finds a friend in Zuma

SA backs Africa Group’s view that LGBTI rights have no place in international law

UN calls on countries to ‘root out’ injustices that fuel extremism

Towards a progressive culture

Israel refuses to cooperate with Gaza war crimes probe

Zim minister lashes out at UN rights chief

UN Human Rights Council condemns Gaza strikes

UN racism expert condemns SA violence

Tutu plunges into heart of Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Piercing the Mbeki shield

UN human rights chief to step down

Sri Lanka under fire over human rights ‘nightmare’

SA to head UN Security Council again

Dept hits back at human rights ‘sell-out’ claim

Burma junta arrests more under cover of darkness

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