scorecard

You Searched For "UN Human Rights Committee" and got 18 results


Sort By:


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

North Korea Just Rejected A UN Human Rights Resolution And Threw A Spectacular Parade To Celebrate

Kim Ki Nam, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of Korea told the assembled cr…

Devan Joseph,Associated Press   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT: CETA is incompatible with the rule of law, democracy, and human rights

De Zayas also seemed wary of Wallonia's sudden change of heart. The Belgian region had refused to a…

Barbara Tasch   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Biden will rejoin UN Human Rights Council after Trump called it 'hypocritical and self-serving' for its scrutiny of Israel

Former US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said rejoining the council would give nations a "free …

Sarah Al-Arshani   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

Trump made the right decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council - but right now he needs to look in the mirror

All this is why it's a little frustrating that the exodus came when it did. Earlier this week, the …

Daniella Greenbaum   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Twitter launches emojis to raise awareness about women's rights

In partnership with UN Women and the UN Human Rights Office, Twitter is launching custom emojis to …

Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

UN rights chief urges Musk to ensure human rights in Twitter management

United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has issued an open letter to Elo…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

UN members are considering action against China over its treatment of Uyghur Muslims, report says

The UN Human Rights Council members are deciding how, or if, they should respond to a report on hum…

Bethany Dawson   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

10 ways North Korea uses technology to keep its citizens in the dark about the outside world

That's the fundamental challenge for North Korea, the hermit kingdom whose citizens have been kept …

Shona Ghosh   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

North Korea To UN On Human Rights: 'Mind Your Own Business'

The forum is due to vote shortly on a resolution brought by Japan and the European Union calling on…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

The US violated international law by assassinating Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, top UN human rights investigator says

The UN Human Rights Council report was damning, but Trump is unlikely to face ramifications as the …

Bill Bostock   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Pakistan and Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council, as China barely manages to hang on

Pakistan and Nepal have been re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council, while China won a seat by t…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
4 mins read

UN expert calls for halt to sales of spyware that may have helped Saudi Arabia track and kill Jamal Khashoggi

The report specifically names the NSO Group and its Pegasus technology, which allows NSO Group's cl…

Ellen Ioanes,Ellen Ioanes   


Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
1 min read

The stories from inside North Korea's prison camps are horrifying

On Friday, the UN's human rights body agreed to strengthen its ongoing investigation of abuses insi…

Paul Szoldra   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
3 mins read

Journalist Azimjon Askarov, who exposed corrupt police and reported on ethnic cleansing in Kyrgyzstan, has died in prison

Azimjon Askarov, who was jailed 10 years ago, died this month after suffering from a fever and inab…

Haven Orecchio-Egresitz   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

Why the latest report about North Korea savagely executing a general is probably true

The most plausible explanation of the scene captured in the October 7th satellite image is a grueso…

Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF: Trump used similar 'propaganda' tactics to ISIS

Zeid described these leaders' method of winning support: "Make people, already nervous, feel terrib…

Pamela Engel   


Business Insider Latest Story Image
2 mins read

UN HUMAN RIGHTS CHIEF: Trump's immigration ban is illegal and 'mean-spirited'

Instead, a joint statement issued on Friday by the UN refugee agency and the International Organiza…

Thomas Colson