United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel's military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, said Israel's U.N. envoy Gilad Erdan, describing the decision as "shameful." Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad will also be listed, said a diplomatic source, speaking on condition of anonymity. Erdan
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Hate speech loads the gun, misinformation pulls the trigger
In this world of wars, massive weapons production, sales and use; of sharpening inequalities and deadly climate emergencies, hate speech and its inhumane impact, is being amplified at ‘unprecedented scale’ by new technologies. Hate speech has now reached dangerous records, fuelling discrimination, racism, xenophobia and staggering human rights violations. It mainly targets
ASEAN parliamentarians cannot escape violations of their human rights
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UN finds 266,000 violations against children in conflict situations
The United Nations verified over 266,000 grave violations against children committed by parties to conflict in more than 30 conflict situations across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America between 2005 and 2020, UNICEF said on Tuesday in a new report. This figure is a fraction of the violations believed