Finland's President Alexander Stubb has called for expansion of the UN Security Council, abolition of its single state veto power, and suspension of any member engaging in an “illegal war” politics Article 546 words 41 votes
Pentagon contracts reveal US prep for multinational force in Haiti, down to toothbrushes and WiFi politics Article 22 votes
The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concerns about Denmark's ambitions to transfer asylum seekers to third countries like Rwanda politics Article 395 words 17 votes
UN Secretary-General: A worrisome new nuclear arms race is brewing. Any use of a nuclear weapon — anytime, anywhere and in any context — would unleash a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions. politics Article 520 words 27 votes
Europe's indigenous Sámi people have taken their fight for improved rights to the United Nations politics Article 730 words 8 votes
UN rebukes Finland for violating rights of its children held in Syria camps – child rights committee says Helsinki must do more to repatriate those detained politics Article 440 words 3 votes
United Nations committee finds Finland violated an international convention on racial discrimination when it comes to the political rights of Sámi politics Link 5 votes
The invisible wall - Tired of migrants arriving from Africa, the EU has created a shadow immigration system that captures, and sends them to brutal Libyan detention centers run by militias politics Link 10 votes
UN treaty banning nuclear weapons takes effect, without the US and others politics Article 515 words 12 votes
Sweden says it won't sign UN nuclear ban treaty – the treaty in its current form is not ready politics Article 152 words 4 votes
At last, a law that could have stopped Tony Blair and George W Bush invading. The Hague’s new crime of aggression might give belligerent heads of states a reason to pause. politics Article 761 words 10 votes
The US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council leaves ally Australia in an awkward, lonely position politics Article 714 words 3 votes