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UN Officials Promote Global Human Right to Abortion
August 02, 2018
Stefano Gennarini of the Center for Family & Human Rights reports that the chiefs of the World Health Organization and the UN Population Fund recently published an article arguing that internationally agreed standards on the protection of “sexual and reproductive health rights” include a right to abortion access.
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UN Agent Warns of Israeli “War Crime” Against Bedouin Village
August 02, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Palestinian territories Michael Lynk has warned Israel that the planned demolition of a Palestinian Bedouin village near Jerusalem would amount to a “war crime” and called for Israeli leaders to be held “legally and diplomatically accountable” if it proceeds with these “clearly unjust” plans.
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US Sees Signs of Change in UNGA on Israel
August 02, 2018
Members of the Trump Administration’s foreign policy team write that a vote on an Algerian resolution at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) blaming Israel for violence in Gaza, in which more nations voted for a US amendment to condemn extremist group Hamas than voted against it, is a positive sign of change at the normally anti-Israel UNGA.
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Ireland Advances Ban on Importation of Israeli Settlement Products
August 02, 2018
Amnesty International is applauding the advancement of Irish legislation that, according to the nongovernmental organization, puts the country in compliance with its international legal obligations by prohibiting the importation of goods made in Israeli settlements located in the “Occupied Palestinian Territories.”
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UN Faces Accountability Questions over Sex Abuse
August 01, 2018
Raising new questions of accountability within the international organization, The Daily Mail reports on over 1700 allegations of sexual abuse committed by civilian and military personnel of UN peacekeeping operations, with only 54 perpetrators sent to prison for such offenses.
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