The new High Commissioner for Human Rights will begin their work on 1 September. UNA-UK are campaigning to find the best person for the job. Here is an update on their progress. The Job Description. Selection criteria for UN High … Continue reading →
Statement issued by UNA-UK 13 July 2018 As UNA-UK made clear in its statement on President Trump’s election: as a UN-focussed, UK-based charity, we do not take a position on US politics. Nor do we generally comment on the visits of foreign … Continue reading →
On 25 June UNA-UK issued the following statement. In a speech given at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) today Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Nia Griffith MP committed a future Labour government to increasing the UK’s contribution to … Continue reading →
On 26 June UNA-UK issued the following statement. UNA-UK has both submitted written evidence and given oral evidence to the House of Commons International Development Committee’s inquiry on sexual exploitation and abuse in the aid sector. Our work on this … Continue reading →
On 20 June UNA-UK issued the following statement about the US decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council. The United States’ decision to withdraw from the Human Rights Council is disappointing but, as the High Commissioner for Human Rights said, not surprising. … Continue reading →
On 11 June the UN Secretary-General initiated the hunt for the UN’s next High Commissioner for Human Rights (HCHR) to replace Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. She or he will begin the job on 1 September. Building on its work to make UN … Continue reading →
UNA-UK’s Laurel Hart joined state representatives, UN officials, NGOs and academics in Entebbe, Uganda to discuss atrocity prevention strategies and to find ways to strengthen mechanisms to prevent atrocities. The meeting convened over 200 leading practitioners in the field of atrocity prevention … Continue reading →
This article was originally published on the UNA-UK website on 27 April 2018. In the aftermath of the limited military strikes carried out by the US, UK and France in response to the alleged further use of chemical weapons by the Assad … Continue reading →
Statement originally published by UNA-UK on 11 April 2018 UNA-UK is appalled by the apparent use of chemical weapons yet again in Syria. We are horrified by the reports received from UN agencies and partners on the ground that an … Continue reading →
Today, 26 March 2018, marks the third anniversary of the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen. Three years of conflict has brought Yemen to its knees. Over a million have contracted cholera and eight times that number are on the brink of … Continue reading →