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Collection of un human rights news, found 109 news.

Interfaith cooperation assures national peace: minister

National interfaith cooperation, borne through religious tolerance and moderation, could lead to a peaceful state, ...

UN should exercise prudence before dropping members' rights: Indonesia

Indonesia has stated that the United Nations General Assembly should be prudent before dropping its member’s ...

End human rights violations in Kashmir: FORUM-ASIA

The abrogation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution and limiting of the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir into ...

Opinion

The Aggravating state of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir

Nelson Mandela once said, “to deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”. This is ...

News Focus

Global community's growing chorus against Israel's annexation plan

Israel did not proceed with its planned July-1 annexation of parts of West Bank and Jordan Valley, Palestine, amid ...

Indonesia to promote 2030 Agenda post ECOSOC election

Indonesia aims to continue promoting the global development agenda of 2030, including the Sustainable Development Goals ...

Indonesia selected as ECOSOC member for 2021-2023 period

Indonesia won a vote in the United Nations, Wednesday, June 17, to be one of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) ...

Indonesia presses for strict actions against racially spurred violence

Indonesia demanded firm actions to be taken against racially incited violence during an urgent debate on racism ...

MUI condemns Hindu extremists' acts of terror against Indian Muslims

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) and several Muslim organizations in Jakarta released a petition which strongly ...

Minister Retno promotes women's empowerment in UN session

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi raised the issue of women's empowerment in the 43rd Session of the United Nations ...

News Focus

Government must fulfill its obligations to uphold human rights

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development and members in Indonesia, expressed concern over continual violation ...

News Focus

Significance of fulfilling basic rights of Rohingya

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Myanmar to take emergency measures to protect the Rohingya from ...

HRW urges UN agencies to ensure ICJ's Rohingya decision enforced

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has appealed to UN agencies to ensure enforcement of the decision taken by the International ...

Indonesia reaffirms pledge to ensure better global refugee governance

The Government of Indonesia, at the Global Forum on Refugees hearing in Geneva, Switzerland, on Tuesday (Dec 17), ...

Indonesia should not remain mere spectator in Uighur issue: Wahid

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Chairman Hidayat Nur Wahid urged the Indonesian government to not ...