UN DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN In October 2021, António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, addressed the Security Council’s annual debate on women, peace, and security. Mr. Guterres spoke of the rising rates of violence and misogyny experienced […]
Archive for November 25th, 2021
November 25th, 2021 Features, Human Rights Reports
Iran death penalty threat for abortion unlawful: UN rights experts
16 November 2021 Human Rights – UN News A new Iranian law that raises the prospect of the death penalty for abortion has been condemned by independent human rights experts, who have declared that is in “clear contravention of international […]
November 25th, 2021 Features, Human Rights Reports
Iran: Execution of juvenile offender ‘deeply alarming and shocking’
24 November 2021 Human Rights – UN News Arman Abdolali, 25, is the second juvenile offender to be executed in the country this year. OHCHR expressed serious concern that his case follows the pattern of child offenders being convicted after […]