Tag: Human Rights

UN Human Rights Petition to Get Justice for Women Wrestlers of India. Photo: RMN News Service
Human Rights

UN Human Rights Petition to Get Justice for Women Wrestlers of India

UN Human Rights Petition to Get Justice for Women Wrestlers of India. Photo: RMN News Service
UN Human Rights Petition to Get Justice for Women Wrestlers of India. Photo: RMN News Service

UN Human Rights Petition to Get Justice for Women Wrestlers of India

Petition to Investigate the Sexual Harassment / Sextortion Allegations by the Protesting Wrestlers of India and to Save Them from Delhi Police Brutality

Sextortion, as defined by the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ), is the abuse of power to obtain a sexual benefit or advantage. As such, it is a form of corruption in which sex, rather than money, is the currency of the bribe. [ Link ]

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Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar, addresses a meeting at the United Nations in New York. Photo: UN / Rick Bajornas (file photo)
Activities, Human Rights

UN Must Use Security Council Chapter VII to Restore Democracy in Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar, addresses a meeting at the United Nations in New York. Photo: UN / Rick Bajornas (file photo)
Aung San Suu Kyi, General Secretary of the National League for Democracy of Myanmar, addresses a meeting at the United Nations in New York. Photo: UN / Rick Bajornas (file photo)

UN Must Use Security Council Chapter VII to Restore Democracy in Myanmar

Human Rights in Myanmar

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter specifies the UN Security Council’s powers to maintain peace. 

The military coup that took place in Myanmar nearly two years ago has also unleashed extreme brutality on the people of Myanmar (formerly Burma), which is a Southeast Asian nation having a population of 57 million.

As the human rights situation in Myanmar is going from bad to worse, RMN Foundation urges the UN and the international community to take some conclusive steps to save the civilians and restore democracy in that country. read more

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Human Rights

Volker Türk Must Resign for His Failure to Protect Human Rights

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. Photo: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Volker Türk Must Resign for His Failure to Protect Human Rights

Since Volker Türk has failed to provide relief to the persecuted communities, he has no right to hold the position of the UN Human Rights Chief. 

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has explained his role at the UN Human Rights Office that he joined a few months ago. In a tweet posted on April 18, 2023, Türk said that during the past six months he has assessed the human rights situation in different parts of the world. read more