Dow Jones’ lawyers want the working group to use its mandate from the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva to investigate the reporter's highly politicized case.
The Wall Street Journal has requested a U.N. advisory opinion that could help get its reporter Evan Gershkovich released from a Moscow prison.
The unusual request to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on Tuesday by lawyers for Dow Jones, the Journal's publisher, comes one week before the United Nations General Assembly's annual high-level gathering is held in New York and his appeal is heard in a Moscow court.
Reporters Without Borders warned that governments' support for press freedom around the world has been shrinking.
The charity has distributed more than 43 million meals in Gaza, where it accounts for 62% of all international NGO aid.
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.
Reporters Without Borders warned that governments' support for press freedom around the world has been shrinking.
Negotiators must juggle the promotion of health access and global equity with reaffirmation of nations' sovereignty.
Russia is shipping refined petroleum to North Korea, which is supplying Russia with weapons against Ukraine, officials say.
Some pointed to a recent landmark human rights ruling on climate change as a potential use for a Global Plastics Treaty.
