World News in Brief: ‘Trust crisis’ impacts vaccine rollouts, Cyberspace must ‘serve the common good’, Türk calls for lasting truce in Lebanon

This article is published in association with United Nations. Immunisation experts at the UN World Health Organization (WHO) have warned that global protection against preventable diseases is under threat, in part because of an “information and trust crisis” regarding vaccines. And because healthcare spending is also under pressure around the world, it should be a priority […]

Human Rights Council: Türk calls out ‘dehumanizing’ narratives on Gaza

This article is published in association with United Nations. UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent, dehumanizing narratives” that continue to hamper a positive outcome to the Middle East crisis. Mr. Türk – making his closing remarks during the session reporting on the Occupied Palestinian Territory at the […]

‘Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,’ says Türk

This article is published in association with United Nations.

This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human rights defenders in today’s tumultuous global landscape in a speech on Monday to Wilton Park, the executive agency of the United Kingdom’s Foreign office.   For many workers, defending human rights is not […]

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