Documents reveal United Nations unit uncovered possible ‘culture of sexual exploitation and abuse’ after 2010 but permitted a Russian aviation company to continue receiving contracts worth millions.
The senior UN human rights official who admitted not following up for months on allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central African Republic has resigned. The UN confirmed on Wednesday that Flavia Pansieri has left the post of deputy high commissioner for human rights “for health reasons”.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a panel to investigate the response of the United Nations to allegations of sexual abuse surrounding a deployment of foreign military forces in the Central African Republic.
An independent panel reviewing UN peacekeeping operations recommended sweeping changes on Tuesday to make the soldiers more accountable for sexual abuse and other crimes.
Ban Ki-moon announced the establishment of an external independent review to examine the UN's handling of allegations of child sexual abuse in the Central African Republic by French peace-keepers.
Read an account of leaked incriminating internal UN documents, memos and email correspondence that expose how the UN remained inactive despite clear evidence of child abuse.
Statement by civil society organisations calling on the UN Secretary-General to clarify measures taken in response to reports of sexual abuse of children by foreign troops in the Central African Republic.
The International Service for Human Rights published a handbook to help NGOs with their application for UN accreditation at one of the least transparent and accountable bodies at the UN, the Committee on NGOs.
China announced that it would withdraw its proposal to withhold the names of countries that stall the application process of NGOs apply for ECOSOC status.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed that Jordan's UN ambassador, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, replace Navi Pillay as the United Nations' human rights chief.
Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, a Dutch jurist and former Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, has been appointed as the next UN special rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.
On 25 June 2014, UN Member States will gather at the UN General Assembly in New York to elect nine people to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child.
Democratic States that value and respect a vibrant civil society should do more to support non-governmental organisations to have their voices heard at the United Nations, the International Service for Human Rights has said.
A host of special procedure mandate holders will be appointed before the end of the 19th session of the Universal Periodic Review. Find out who has made the top of the list.
