HCDH | Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concludes its 124th session
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OHCHR | Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concludes its 124th session
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Gaza-Israel: UN experts welcome ceasefire, call for ICC probe
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GENEVA (21 May 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on all parties to the conflict in Gaza and Israel to respect a ceasefire, and for an investigation by the International Criminal Court into the attacks on civilian populations and other gross violations of human rights.
The experts pointed to the forced evictions of Palestinian families living in Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan in Occupied East Jerusalem as the spark that set off a full-blown war. At least 222 people, including 63 children, were killed in Gaza and 12 people died in Israel as a result of the fighting. More than 450 buildings in the Gaza Strip were completely destroyed or damaged by missiles. Among them were six hospitals, nine healthcare centres and a water desalination plant, supplying around 250,000 Palestinians with clean drinking water, as well as a tower housing media offices such as Al Jazeera and Associated Press.
Myanmar: UN expert welcomes “new blow” against junta’s finances, urges all nations step up with sanctions
GENEVA (20 May 2021) – A UN human rights expert today welcomed the announcement of a new set of government sanctions against Myanmar’s junta by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, highlighting in particular the US designation of the junta itself, or the State Administrative Council (SAC) for sanctions.
“It is imperative that the international community ramp up the size and scope of sanctions as the junta ramps up its repression of the people of Myanmar,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar.