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Commission of Inquiry welcomes General Assembly resolution requesting an ICJ Advisory Opinion relating to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory
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Geneva (31 December 2022) - The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel, welcomes General Assembly resolution...
A/HRC/52/45: Non-binding set of practical guidelines for efficient asset recovery - Report of the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights
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In the present report, the Independent Expert states that the accumulation of stolen assets and illicit transfer of funds to foreign jurisdictions and countries undermines State obligations to mobilize maximum available resources for the progressive realization of human rights. She presents a set of 13 draft non-binding and practical guidelines on human rights and the repatriation of State assets that are consistent with existing international human rights law in this context.
Türk urges coordinated approach to save Rohingya at sea
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GENEVA (30 December 2022) – UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called for a coordinated regional approach to protect the thousands of desperate Rohingya who risk their lives by undertaking...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Look Ahead 2023
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As we turn the page on one year and look ahead to a new one, it is time to reflect on the story we'd like to write for our future. My hope for next year is that we lead our lives, individually and...
Afghanistan: Taliban’s targeting of women and NGOs preventing delivery of life-saving assistance is deplorable, say UN experts
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GENEVA (29 December 2022) -- UN experts* today denounced and called for an immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order barring women from working in international and national non-governmental...
Afghanistan: Banning women and girls from schools and workplace jeopardises entire country, UN committee condemns
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GENEVA (29 December 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has strongly condemned the recent decisions by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to...
A/HRC/52/40: Conflict and the right to food - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri
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In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council resolution 46/19, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food gives an account of how different forms of violence in food systems harm...