The outgoing UN human rights chief kept Burma under the microscope in parting remarks to the UN Human Rights Council on Monday, noting the government’s failure to cooperate with multiple…
Category: Human Rights
Rights in poorer nations must be upheld as Thai firms go abroad: activists
Thailand’s businesses and its government must do more to protect the rights of vulnerable people abroad, analysts and activists said, after a landmark case filed by Cambodian farmers in a…
Fishermen long for justice as Thailand comes under UN scrutiny
Thailand’s fishing industry has long been dogged by allegations of abuses. The country is under further international scrutiny this week as a team of UN experts undertake their first visit…
UN envoy approaches Burma from its flanks after being barred from country
The UN special rapporteur on human rights in Burma arrives in Bangladesh on Thursday, vowing to fulfill her mandate despite being blacklisted by the Burmese government from continuing her work…
UN rights investigator calls for pressure on China, Russia over abuses in Burma
The United Nations’ independent investigator into human rights in Burma has called for international pressure on China and Russia to try to get them to oppose human rights abuses in…
UN Human Rights Council condemns Burma over Rakhine situation
The UN Human Rights Council voted Tuesday to condemn the alleged rights violations perpetrated by Burmese security forces against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State, in a vote of 33 in…