United Nations

Pope Francis at the Vatican, accompanied by other church leaders

International

19 July 2021 by Julia Crawford

Church is obstructing justice for clerical child abuse, say UN experts Last month, the United Nations made public that four of their special human rights rapporteurs have complained to the Vatican about the lack of accountability for perpetrators of child abuse and reparation for victims. They called [...]

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Sri Lanka

26 March 2021 by Julia Crawford

Bachelet denounces continued inaction on Sri Lanka war crimes On Tuesday March 23, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution on Sri Lanka, including a new mandate and budget to collect evidence of war crimes. This followed a damning report to the Council by the High Co [...]