"HUMAN RIGHTS"

The UN mission in Iraq (UNAMI) and the UN Human Rights office (OHCHR) published a joint report on trials conducted under Iraq’s anti-terrorism laws. UNTV CH

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) released a report on the July airstrikes on the Tajoura detention centre in Libya, renewing its call on all parties to the conflict in that country to conduct “independent, impartial and thorough investigations to ensure accountability for the violations of international law.” UNIFEED

Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, and the six million Jews and others murdered on Nazi orders during the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “our solidarity in the face of hatred is needed today more than ever, as we see a deeply worrying resurgence in antisemitic attacks around the world.” UNIFEED

Marking the International Day of Education, the President of the General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, said, “it is unacceptable that twenty years into the 21st Century, about 258 million children and youth do not attend school, 617 million children and adolescents cannot read and do basic math and millions of refugees and internally displaced persons, and people with disabilities are out of school.” UNIFEED

A spokesperson for the UN human rights office (OHCHR) welcomed an order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Myanmar “must take ‘all measures within its power’ to protect the members of the Rohingya group from all future acts that may amount to genocide.” UNTV CH

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) today indicated provisional measures in order to preserve certain rights claimed by The Gambia for the protection of the Rohingya in Myanmar. ICJ

In laying his priorities for the year ahead, UN chief António Guterres identified “four horsemen” which endanger progress in the 21st century and could “jeopardize every aspect of our shared future.” UNIFEED

Following behind-closed-doors consultations with the Security Council on Libya, Secretary-General António Guterres said the international conference on Libya in Berlin, was “a major step," but cautioned that it was “just the beginning” and said there is “still a long way to go.” UNIFEED

A spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) expressed concerns about violence between protesters and security forces in Lebanon. UNTV CH

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.