UN Human Rights Council

Duterte stops aid talks over drug war probe

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration has ordered the suspension of all loan and grant talks with foreign governments that backed a United Nations (UN) resolution to review human rights abuses during his signature anti-drug war.The Iceland-sponsored UN Human Rights Council resolution passed by a minority vote in July, drawing the ire of Duterte, who bristles at Western condemnation of his campaign which has killed thousands and drawn international condemnation but is wide

22 September 2019
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US quits UN Human Rights Council

The Trump administration withdrew from the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council on Tuesday, making good on a pledge to leave a body it accused of hypocrisy and bias against Israel.“For too long, the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers, and a cesspool of political bias,” Nikki Haley, the American ambassador to the UN, said Tuesday at the State Department in Washington.

20 June 2018
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Indonesia's proposed amendments to Criminal Code reveals growing hardline Islamic influence

Indonesian lawmakers are facing scrutiny from human rights groups and LGBT organisations for their draft of amendments to the national Criminal Code. The amendments, which are currently being finalised in the People’s Representative Council include laws that would punish extramarital sex, cohabitation between couples and same-sex activities. Indonesia is looking to update its Criminal Code, which they inherited from their Dutch colonisers.

8 February 2018
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Better days for the Rohingya?

The United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution condemning the systemic human rights violations in Myanmar against the Rohingya Muslims in the northern Rakhine State.

7 December 2017
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