"HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS"

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express grave concern over the humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as violent clashes between non-state armed groups and government uproots over 450,000 people from their homes. UNHCR

The UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, said, “Halfway through the 2030 Agenda, we are far from achieving the target of eliminating violence against women and girls. It transcends borders and cultures.” UNIFEED

Wrapping up her second visit to the Horn of Africa country, the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia highlighted the interlinkages of human rights and other developments in the country. UNSOM

The UN Human Rights Office is closely monitoring developments in Myanmar where anti-military armed groups and their allies have made significant advances and several hundred soldiers have reportedly chosen to lay down their weapons. UNTV CH

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged all States to create the space for a path out of the horror unfolding in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – both Gaza and the West Bank – and in Israel. UNTV CH

Reports of the Secretary-General on the Sudan and South Sudan.

The situation in the Central African Republic.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday spoke about the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory at a news conference in Amman at the end of his mission to Egypt and Jordan. OHCHR

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today began a visit to the Middle East region, amid Israel’s escalation in Gaza, in response to the attacks on it on 7 and 8 October, and the wider context of 56 years of occupation of the Palestinian territories. OHCHR

As the crisis in the Palestinian enclave continues to worsen amid intense Israeli bombardments and an ongoing ground operation, UN humanitarians reiterated on Friday their call for a humanitarian pause to be able to deliver urgently needed relief items and to allow for severely wounded people to get out of the Gaza Strip. UNTV CH