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Human Rights Committee: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of the Central African Republic
General comment No. 25 (2020) on article 15: science and economic, social and cultural rights
COVID-19: Bachelet urges States to take extra steps to include people with disabilities
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Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (30 April 2020) – Targeted measures are needed to address the disproportionate risks faced by persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic...
US must lift its Cuba embargo to save lives amid COVID-19 crisis, say UN experts
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Chinese | Spanish GENEVA (30 April 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on the United States to lift its economic and financial embargo on Cuba that is obstructing humanitarian responses to...
Venezuela: Health emergency no excuse to further restrict human rights, say UN experts
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Chinese | Spanish GENEVA (30 April 2020) – UN human rights experts* said today they are alarmed that increasing threats, attacks and charges against journalists, health workers and others in...
Philippines mine standoff: Indigenous and environmental rights must be respected, say UN experts
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GENEVA (30 April 2020) – A group of UN experts* urged the Philippines government not to discriminate against indigenous peoples in favour of business interests and when enforcing anti-COVID19 measures...
UN inaction denies justice for Haiti cholera victims, say UN experts
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French GENEVA (30 April 2020) – A group of independent UN rights experts today called on Secretary-General António Guterres to urgently step up efforts to fulfill a United Nations pledge to help...
Remarks by Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger (Austria), President of the Human Rights Council, at the “virtual conversation” with Special Procedure mandate holders on COVID-19
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30 April 2020, 15.00 (Geneva time) Good afternoon. A very warm welcome to all of you at this virtual session, which is a first informal conversation on the work of the Council’s so-called Special...
Human Rights Council discusses human rights implications of the COVID-19 crisis with its special procedures mandate holders
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Human Rights Council 30 April 2020 The Human Rights Council today held a virtual informal conversation on the human rights implications of the COVID-19 crisis with representatives of the Coordination...