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UN Human Rights Council – 51st session Item 2: Interactive Dialogue on the report of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) (...)

In the five years since the Myanmar military committed genocide against the Rohingya, words and promises of holding the military accountable have not turned into meaningful action, said 384 civil society organisations (CSOs) in a joint statement issued on 25 August 2022.

The United Nations’ top court ruled Friday that a case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against Rohingya Muslims can proceed, paving the way for hearings that will examine the state’s culpability in violence that drove nearly 1 million Rohingya from their homes.The case is only the third of its kind in U.N. history and marks

UN Human Rights Council – 50th session Item 4: Interactive Dialogue on the Oral Update of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights (...)

29 June, 2022 — FIDH and its member organisations ALTSEAN-Burma and Women's Peace Network gave an oral statement at the 50th session of the United (...)

Andrew David Omona’s profile on The Conversation

Sister Janel Crumb, 90, a Franciscan Sister of the Congregation of Our Lady of Lourdes, Rochester, MN, died at Assisi Heights, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Kathryn Mae Crumb was born May 7, 1932, in New Richland, MN, to Winfred and Mary (Chicos) Crumb. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in 1951, received the name of Sister Mary Janel, and made perpetual vows in 1956. She earned a B.S. degree in Elementary Education in 1963 from the College of St. Teresa, Winona, MN. She further completed an M.S. ...

Papua Peace Network coordinator Father John Bunay says the space for democracy is shackled

Exclusion and racism as a mentality in corporations, in the workplace, even in our public institutions — hence the "systemic" designation, a disturbing but no less real and dramatic characterization — undermine and destroy lives.

Rights groups welcomed Blinken’s announcement, but some advocates said the true test will come in follow-on action.