Long-time activist Rosa Logar, who participated in the breakthrough World Conference on Human Rights 30 years ago, calls for renewed energy to respond to pushbacks on women’s rights.
30 years after the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action that paved the way for human rights breakthroughs, a worldwide consensus on human rights is essential to confront today’s challenges.
This toolkit presents the benefits of ratifying the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (OP CEDAW), answers questions on its content and application, and provides a simplified version of the provisions of the Optional Protocol.
Since its adoption nearly 75 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has inspired the climate justice movement and the push for the universal recognition of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) gives us tools and the roadmap to unite and speed up the fight for our rights. We celebrate the 75th anniversary of the UDHR. Stand up for Dignity...
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December, and in the lead up to Human Rights Day, we highlight the work of Keely Cat-Wells, an advocate promoting greater disability representation, inclusion and support in the entertainment and creative industries.
On 10 December, Human Rights Day, UN Human Rights launches a year-long campaign to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and empower people to #StandUp4HumanRights.
GENEVA (14 May 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, will undertake his first visit to the country from 15 to 26 May 2022. Bennett said he...
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