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GENEVA — Exclusion of women in decisions that affect their lives is “bad governance [and] should not be allowed,” the UN Women chief said on Monday, International Women’s Day. “We stand on a crossroads as we […]

GENEVA — Governments have demonstrated a lack of credible commitment to banning torture and other cruel treatment, according to an independent expert mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to monitor the issue globally. Nils Melzer, […]

The 39-year-old, whose mother is Black and father is white, said she had been naive before she married into the family in 2018, but that she ended up having suicidal thoughts and considering self harm […]

في 2020 تم تقديم دعوي امام المحكمة العليا في ماليزيا تتعلق بالتعدي على براءة الاختراع الخاصة بدزاين موديل „جحاب“ تم تسجيله بموجب قانون البراءات لعام 1983، حيث أنه من المعروف أن كلمتي „شيك“ و“فويلا“ هما […]

العقد شريعة المتعاقدين وهو يعود لرغبتهما الأكيدة في التعاقد وهم يتمتعون بالأهلية القانونية اللازمة لابرام العقد بطوعهما واختيارهما. وعليه، وبناء على هذا، فان العقد الصحيح يكون نافذا بقوة القانون ويتحمل كل طرف التبعات الناجمة عن […]

GENEVA — The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Saturday called on the security forces in Myanmar to ensure that people’s right to peaceful assembly is fully respected and that demonstrations are not subjected to […]

YANGON — Myanmar’s powerful military has taken control of the country in a coup and declared a state of emergency, following the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior government leaders in early morning […]

GENEVA — Geir Pedersen, UN Special Envoy for Syria, lamented the slow progress of the peace process in the country, in remarks to the press on Friday, following a meeting involving members of the UN-facilitated Syrian […]