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Jan Eliasson 13m

In a post addressed to UN News Centre and Volker Türk, the author said UN staff must also be protected and that respect for international law and service was the first line of defence.

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Jan Eliasson 13m

The author called the Houthi leadership’s conduct scandalous and said the immunity and integrity of UN aid workers had to be respected, addressing UN News Centre and Volker Türk.

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Beate Meinl-Reisinger 18h

The author wrote that Mohammad el Shami of UN Human Rights had died after two years of what they described as arbitrary detention by the Houthis. They supported Volker Türk’s call for an immediate investigation and said all detained UN staff should be released. #Yemen #HumanRights #UN #YE

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Beate Meinl-Reisinger 18h

The author of the article wrote that Mohammad el Shami, an employee of the UN human rights office, died after two years of arbitrary detention by the Houthis. He supported Volker Türk's call for an immediate investigation. #Jemen #Menschenrechte #UN #YE (translated)

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Ali Utlu 1d

The author criticized the term "Gaza Holocaust denier" and accused his counterpart of relativizing the Holocaust in order to remain right about X. He wrote that the Nazi genocide was the industrial-scale extermination of millions of people and not a military response to a terrorist attack. #Holocaust #Gaza #Völkermord #IL #DE (translated)

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Katharina Nocun 1d

"In the party exclusion proceedings against the anti-Semite Wolfgang Gedeon, the committee states that it is 'not apparent' why his claim that white Europeans are civilizationally far superior to other peoples and ethnicities should be considered racist..." (translated)

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Helmut Brandstätter MdEP 2d

The author wrote that Armin Laschet does not understand that Putin is solely concerned with committing genocide against the Ukrainians. #Putin #Völkermord #Ukraine #UA #RU (translated)

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Jürgen Todenhöfer 2d

The author wrote that Donald Trump had postponed new attacks on Iran until after the US election. He saw this as an exposure of the war: those who are actually threatened do not wait until election day. He described the approach as a violation of international law, directed by the election calendar. The article ended with the word "Spain." #Trump #Iran #Völkerrecht #IR #US #ES (translated)

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Jürgen Todenhöfer 2d

The author wrote that Trump had postponed new attacks on Iran until after the US election. In his view, this showed that the war was being conducted according to the election calendar: those who were truly threatened did not have to wait until election day. He labeled the attack as illegal under international law and summed up the course of action with the words, first come the votes, then the bombs. The contribution ended with the word "Spain." #Trump #Iran #Völkerrecht #IR #US #ES (translated)

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de Volkskrant 2d

Indigenous peoples, who are essential for the protection of biodiversity, experience frustrations at the UN summit in Yerevan over the lack of voice and agency, while countries like Russia undermine their rights. #Biodiversiteit #InheemseVolkeren #VNTop (translated)

www.volkskrant.nl
‘Wij zijn essentieel voor het beschermen van de biodiversiteit. Toch hebben we op deze VN-top geen stem’
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Postimees 4d

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed concern for Ukrainian civilians, stating that the worst is to be expected due to Russian attacks and emphasized the lack of empathy towards their suffering. #inimõigused #Ukraina #Venemaa (translated)

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ÜRO inimõiguste juht kardab Ukraina tsiviilelanikele lähiajal halvimat
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Observador 4d

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, urged the upcoming Israeli government to change course and respect international humanitarian law, following the elections held after the Hamas attack in October 2023. #ConflitoIsraeloPalestiniano #NaçõesUnidas #DireitosHumanos (translated)

observador.pt
ONU pede ao próximo Governo israelita que "mude de rumo"
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newsORF.at 4d

The UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has called for a fundamental shift in the course of the new government in Israel after the parliamentary elections, in order to meet international legal obligations and to avoid ethnic cleansings and collective punishments. #Völkerrecht #Israel #Menschenrechte (translated)

orf.at
UNO fordert von neuer Regierung in Israel „Kurswechsel“
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Jürgen Todenhöfer 5d

The author wrote that on this day, Israelis decided on their future at the ballot box. He described the right to vote as a fundamental right that Israel denies to millions of Palestinians and accused Israel of determining their lives through occupation, displacement, oppression, discrimination, and armed violence. The contribution ended abruptly with a subsequent statement about Gaza. #Israel #Wahlen #Menschenrechte #IL #PS (translated)

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mtvuutiset.fi 6d

The UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk has expressed concern about Israel's actions in Hebron, which could indicate ethnic cleansing, and warned about the dangers of collective punishment and the emptying of neighborhoods. #IsraelinToiminta #EtninenPuhdistus #YK (translated)

www.mtvuutiset.fi
YK:n ihmisoikeusvaltuutettu: Israelin toiminta Hebronissa nostaa huolta etnisestä puhdistuksesta
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newsORF.at 6d

Independent UN investigators have accused Israel of committing crimes against humanity in the West Bank, including "extermination, torture, rape, and other forms of sexual violence," while Israel responded with outrage to these accusations. #Menschenrechte #Völkermord #Westjordanland (translated)

orf.at
UNO-Ermittler werfen Israel Verbrechen im Westjordanland vor
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Tilo Jung 6d

The author of the contribution described questions at today's government press conference as naïve. They related, among other things, to Lula's election victory in Brazil, Serbia, the Audi CEO with Trump, and an Audi plant in the USA. Additionally, it was about the government's plans against socialization and the lack of an international legal assessment of Maduro's abduction and the situation in Venezuela. https://t.co/JDMWXiyQhx https://t.co/iYkUJByedK #RegierungsPressekonferenz #Lula #Venezuela #BR #RS #US #VE (translated)

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Ulrike Guérot 1w

The author wrote that, from an influential voice in the USA, there apparently was some insight into the US's unlawful and unprovoked attack on Iran, according to his account. He described the justification that one may not have the necessary "hard power" as an almost unparalleled cynicism. #USA #Iran #Völkerrecht #USA #IR (translated)

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BBC 1w

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says the multiple attacks may amount to war crimes. #SudanConflict #WarCrimes #HealthcareUnderAttack

www.bbc.co.uk
Hospitals deliberately targeted by Sudan's RSF fighters, BBC finds
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Bild 1w

Volker Dusch, a German IT expert from the PHP Foundation, played a crucial role in closing a serious security vulnerability in the PHP programming language that threatened millions of websites and could have potentially caused a cyber disaster. #CyberSicherheit #PHP #ITExperten (translated)

www.bild.de
„Einer muss es ja machen“ - Dieser Deutsche rettete das Internet vor Cyber-GAU
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