In Focus
Human Rights
This beat covers individual rights and inclusion for minorities, marginalized people, people with disabilities, migrants, refugees and IDPs.
From stigma to strength in The Gambia
Healing the wounds of witch-hunt victims in The Gambia. For more than 40 years, the UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture has been supporting survivors on their road to recovery. In The Gambia, one of the Fund’s recipients provides healing and a path to redress.
UN forum tackles slavery reparations for Africa, people of African descent
The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent said during the forum’s fourth meeting.
Investing in youth to counter hate speech
Hate speech
International Day for Countering Hate Speech is marked on 18 June annually to promote dialogue and tolerance.
Having no nationality of any country, this group is often left out of essential services
Among the recommendations are protection of migrant rights, empowerment of local communities, strengthened information systems and implementation of existing policies.
Pandemic threatens to flatten the positive trajectory against several indicators, especially decent jobs and migrants’ safety
International Labour Organization (ILO) Regional Director for Africa, Ms. Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, on the Universal Ratification of the Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour.
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