Topic: UNCHR
Refugees face dire consequences from COVID-19 underfunding, UNHCR warns
Underfunding has left a “yawning gap” in the UN Refugee Agency’s ability to protect forcibly displaced people worldwide from the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UNHCR said on Friday.
Artifical Intelligence: UN human rights chief calls for halt to sales
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Wednesday called for a moratorium on the sale and use of Artifical Intelligence systems...
91 countries now offer COVID-19 vaccinations to refugees, says UNHCR
UN refugee agency UNHCR, on Thursday welcomed the growing number of countries that have offered COVID-19 vaccines to refugees before urging others to do the same.
Forced displacement at record level, despite COVID shutdowns
The number of people fleeing wars, violence, persecution, and human rights violations, rose last year to nearly 82.4 million people, a further four percent increase on top of the already record-high of 79.5 million, recorded at the end of 2019.
India’s move to deport 14 year old Rohingya Muslim girl to Myanmar draws criticism
India’s move to deport 14-year-old Rohingya Muslim girl to coup-hit Myanmar while her family lived in a refugee camp in Bangladesh draws criticism.
UN moves Supreme Court over ‘discriminatory’ CAA, India says our internal matter
The United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) has moved an intervention application in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act matter.
