The 68-page report, “‘This Government is Failing Me Too’: South Africa Compounds Legacy of Apartheid for Older People,” details the government’s failure to effectively carry out the Older Persons Act, a post-apartheid law that guarantees the rights of older people and provides for community- and home-based care and support services. These services would enable older people to continue to live in their own homes with the support they are entitled to.
Click to expand Image File photo showing a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. 2016 Andrew Kelly/Reuters (Nairobi) - The United Nations Security Council should take stronger steps to reverse the rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan, Human Rights Watch said today. During the Security Council discussion on June 2, 2023 to renew the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS), all council members, including the three African members, should support increased human rights monitoring, targeted sanctions, and an arms embargo against the warring parties. "The UN Security Council needs to increase its pressure on the warring parties in Sudan to end violations of international humanitarian law," said Allan Ngari, Africa advocacy director at Human Rights Watch. "As a first step, the Security Council's three African members should demonstrate leadership by calling for expanding the UN arms embargo to cover the e
Khartoum, June 2 (EFE).- A global rights watchdog on Friday called on the United Nations to step up its pressure on warring Sudanese groups in the wake of the deteriorating human rights situation. “The UN Security Council needs to increase its pressure on the warring parties in Sudan to end violations of international humanitarian law,” …
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