Nechirvan Barzani visits Iran for discussionsOn Sunday, Nechirvan Barzani, the leader of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, arrived in Tehran to engage in discussions with high-ranking Iranian authorities
sexual violence. The measures bar them from traveling to or through the European bloc and freeze any assets they hold in Europe.
Under the sanctions, the EU will also be refusing to train soldiers from Myanmar.
The measures will stay in place until at least April 30, 2020.
The statement referred ...
sexual and gender-based violence, and starvation as a method of warfare.
It is interesting to note that the UN experts identified individuals who may be responsible for international crimes and has passed those names on to the UN High Commissioner. Where locating names were not possible, the expert ...
sexual and psychological torture to extract confessions, sham trials and inhuman prison conditions.
Since early 2017, the groups have been conducting interviews with nine women, their relatives or their lawyers, and when available, have analyzed their legal documents.
Seven experts from organizati ...
sexual exploitation, and Yemen is no exception. Trafficked Yemeni women are subjected to rape, violence, extreme cruelty, and many other forms of pressure and coercion. Female trafficking victims who spoke to MintPress reported being forced into prostitution networks in Saudi Arabia and the Emiratis ...
sexually assaulted and tortured was the beneficiary of a British taxpayers scheme,’ says Najah Yusuf. A Bahraini activist who was jailed after criticizing Formula One’s Grand Prix in the country has said she contemplated suicide after suffering rape and abuse at the hands of the state’s ...
sexual violence; burning of homes or villages; destruction of lands and livestock, deprivation of food and other necessities of life, or any other deliberate infliction of conditions of life calculated to bring about the physical destruction of the Rohingya group in whole or in part.
Outside the co ...
sexual- and gender-based violence, Mantoo said.
Myanmar is facing genocide accusations at the UN's top court following the mass exodus.
The UNHCR has called for a full regional response, addressing human trafficking, search and rescue efforts, and support in countries where Rohingya refugees d ...
sexually in the war on Gaza and West Bank.
UN experts have raised alarm over credible allegations of egregious human rights violations committed by Israeli forces, including multiple forms of sexual assault and rape, against Palestinian women and girls in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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sexual assault and violence commited by Zionist military forces in the Gaza Strip The latest report is not the sole or initial account of potential organized crime against Palestinian women during the recent conflict, as there have been multiple instances of sexual assault and violence by Zionist mi ...
sexual assault against Israeli women and children during Al-Aqsa Storm Operation on October 7th.
On what documentation is the report based on?
The key concern raised by the UN rapporteur's statement is the lack of evidence or documentation supporting the unverified allegations made by the Zion ...