The U.N. human rights office cited summary executions, use of soldiers as human shields, torture and other inhumane treatment carried out by both Russian and Ukrainian forces.
GENEVA (AN) — The U.N. human rights office found evidence that prisoners of war were executed, tortured and abused by both sides in Russia's war on Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers killed at least 25 Russian prisoners of war and wounded combatants, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, said in a new report on Friday that found Russia also executed at least 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The U.N. body also demands Israel be held accountable for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
The ruling orders Israel to allow aid trucks loaded with food and supplies to enter Gaza unhindered "without delay."
WHO warns disease and hunger are at alarming levels in the Congo, where almost 10 million people are on the move.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
The number of people facing high levels of acute food insecurity has increased every year since 2019.
The group of organizations that reviewed the U.N. agency recommends several ways of strengthening its neutrality.
The wars in Europe and the Middle East, climate change and soaring national debts hung over the annual talks.
