More than 2 million refugees will need to be resettled in third countries of asylum in 2023, a 36% increase over this year’s 1.47 million
Calls NIcaraguans’ right to freedom of expression and movement under grave threat
The WHO is calling for a radical change in the treatment of mental health disorders, saying existing care is ineffective and often abusive
Rights commissioner points to ‘institutionalized systematic oppression of women’
UN calling for better land management and regreening initiatives to combat drought and desertification
Deadly attack by armed men on June 12 in the town of Seytenga sent nearly 16,000 people, mostly women and children, fleeing for their lives
Between February and the end of April, Mariupol was likely deadliest place in Ukraine, says Bachelet
Ukraine invasion pushed number even higher
During its first visit to Ukraine, a Commission of Inquiry gave priority to four specific regions: Bucha, Irpin, Kharkiv, and Sumy, the sites of some of the worst atrocities committed in late February and March
Since last year’s military coup, at least 1,900 people have been killed, one million internally displaced, and 14 million in need of humanitarian assistance
The WFP has run out of cash and is forced to take food away from the hungry to feed the starving
UN special rapporteur notes forced military conscription, arbitrary arrests, disappearances and torture among violations
Michelle Bachelet says she’s retiring for personal reasons
Critics accuse the High Commissioner of missing an opportunity to condemn Beijing’s forced incarceration of nearly two million Uyghurs in Xinjiang province
La Niña affects temperature and rainfall patterns in different parts of the world and exacerbates drought and flooding
More than 3,200 refugees and migrants died or disappeared at sea last year, an increase of nearly 1,000 over 2018 recorded fatalities
UNICEF appeals for $25 million in humanitarian aid for 1.7 million Sri Lankan children
FAO: International food prices will hit record highs this year, lifting global import payments to more than $1.8 trillion
The war in Ukraine also sends global investment flows spiraling downward in 2022
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