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UN Committee welcomes Spain’s decision to allow Moroccan child to attend public school

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28 May 2020

Arabic | Chinese | French | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (28 May 2020) – The UN child rights committee has welcomed Spain’s prompt decision to allow a 12-year old Moroccan girl to go to school in Melilla...

A/HRC/44/44/Add.1: Visit to Qatar - Report of the Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity

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Country reports

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27 May 2020

Summary The Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity visited Qatar from 2 to 10 September 2019, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 35/3. The main purpose of the...

Kenyan human rights defenders show solidarity with vulnerable communities during COVID-19

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Stories

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22 May 2020

Three men in protective facemasks squat in front of a large wall mural depicting a health worker holding the globe and text that reads ‘Let’s fight COVID 19 together’.

The efforts of individuals and groups of human rights defenders in Kenya are spinning the wheel towards a path that denounces individualism but favours collective efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.

"People have had to re-imagine and reshape their lives"

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Stories

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22 May 2020

Catherine Labiran has been protecting and promoting human rights since she was a teenager with a focus on those who suffer exclusion and discrimination.

Technical cooperation and capacity-building to promote and protect the rights of persons deprived of their liberty: implementation of the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners and the United Nations Rules for the Treatment of Women Prisoners and Non-custodial Measures for Women OffendersReport of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Thematic reports

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21 May 2020

Malaysia / COVID-19: “Stop crackdown on migrants, journalists and civil society” – UN rights experts

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Press releases

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21 May 2020

Spanish GENEVA (21 May 2020) – The government of Malaysia must halt an ongoing crackdown on migrants, journalists and civil society in the context of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Praia Handbook on Governance Statistics

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Tools and resources

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21 May 2020

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) welcomes the publication of the Handbook on Governance Statistics by the Praia City Group established under the auspices of...

UN experts urge China to drop charges against jailed Tibetan minority human rights defender

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19 May 2020

Chinese GENEVA (19 May 2020) – UN human rights experts* have called on China to lift charges against a Tibetan minority human rights defender who is awaiting an appeal hearing against a seven-year...

Operations of the voluntary fund for participation in the universal periodic review - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Reports

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15 May 2020

Hong Kong urged not to silence peaceful protest with criminal charges

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13 May 2020

Chinese GENEVA (13 May 2020) – UN human rights experts* today urged Hong Kong Special Administrative Region authorities to immediately drop the criminal prosecution of 15 pro-democracy activists who...