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UNODC urges prosecution of maritime narcotics traffickers
The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday hosted an event to bring attention to the issue of maritime drug smuggling taking place across international waters, urging prosecution of offenders. There has been a recent increase in the smugg (More) |
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UN: Responsibility to protect becoming increasingly urgent
The UN General Assembly on Monday met to discuss "the responsibility to protect" adopted by world leaders in 2005, with UN officials stressing the urgency of this responsibility as crises rage around the world. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [officia (More) |
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New UN rights chief calls on international community to end conflict in Syria and Iraq
Newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called Monday on the international community to work to end the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. In his first speech before the UN Human Rights Council Al Hussein said that " (More) |
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Arab League approves resolution to combat Islamic State group
The League of Arab States approved a resolution on Monday to combat extremist groups like the Islamic State (IS) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The resolution was issued separately from a more comprehensive statement on Arab affairs and a (More) |
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UN rights experts urge stronger protection of journalists
A group of UN human rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, urged stronger protection Monday for journalists covering conflicts. The group said recent attacks, kidnappings, and arbitrary incarcerati (More) |
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Rights group accuses Islamic State of ethnic cleansing
Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website) on Tuesday accused the extremist group, Islamic State (IS) [BBC Backgrounder; JURIST news archive], of carrying out ethnic cleansing "on a historic scale" in Northern Iraq. The report, entitled "Ethnic (More) |
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UN: Concern growing for children in Iraq, Syria
The United Nations top advocate for children affected by war on Monday expressed concern about the expansion of the Islamic State (IS) [BBC Backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in Syria and Iraq and the increase in violations against children there. (More) |
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Lebanon official urges punishment for ISIS flag burning
Lebanon's Minister of Justice on Saturday called for the "sternest punishments" to the individuals in Beirut who burned the flags of the militant groups the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) and the Al-Nusra Front. It is reported [Asharq Al-Awsat report (More) |
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UK raises terrorism threat level in response to violence by Islamic State
The UK's Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) on Friday changed the threat level for terrorist attacks against the UK from "substantial" to "severe," indicating that a terrorist attack against the UK is highly likely, although there is no eviden (More) |
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UN peacekeepers detained by unknown group in Syria
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon released a statement Thursday condemning a currently unidentified extremist group for the detention of 43 peacekeepers from the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in southern Syria. A further 81 peacekeepers (More) |
Continental Congress adopted Declaration of Independence
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence separating the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain.
Learn more about Independence Day from the Library of Congress.
