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Systemic Racism - Interview with Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd
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UN Human Rights Chief urges immediate, transformative action to uproot systemic racism
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العربية | 中文 | Français | Pусский | Español GENEVA (28 June 2021) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday issued an urgent call for States to adopt a “transformative agenda...
China: Human rights defenders given long jail terms, tortured – UN expert
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中文 GENEVA (28 June 2021) - The UN’s independent expert on human rights defenders said today she feared activists in China were being arbitrarily sentenced to long terms in prison or house arrest, and...
Harmonization of criminal laws needed to stop rape – UN expert
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GENEVA (28 June 2021) – States must bring their national laws in line with human rights standards if they are to effectively prevent and combat impunity for rape, Dubravka Šimonović, the UN Special...
Human Rights Council Holds Separate Interactive Dialogues on Prevention of Genocide and on Violence Against Women
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MORNING 28 June2021 The Human Rights Council this morning held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide and with the Special...
Human Rights Committee opens online one hundred and thirty-second session
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28 June 2021 Holds Minute of Silence in Memory of Former Committee Member Christof Heyns The Human Rights Committee today opened its online one hundred and thirty-second session, hearing from Simon...
Peru: Clean up oil pollution in indigenous communities before allowing more drilling, UN experts urge
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GENEVA (28 June 2021) – Peru should clean up environmental damage in the country’s largest-yielding oil field and remedy harm done to indigenous communities living nearby, UN experts* said today. They...
Human Rights Council Holds Separate Interactive Dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers and with the Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises
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AFTERNOON 28 June 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, and with the Working Group on...
New report calls for transformative action for racial justice
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet published a report Monday, calling on States to uproot systemic racism. “The status quo is untenable. Systemic racism needs a systemic response,” she said.
A/HRC/48/52: Report on the nexus between displacement and contemporary forms of slavery
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In the report, the Special Rapporteur identifies factors that render displaced persons, including internally displaced persons, asylum seekers and refugees, vulnerable to exploitation and contemporary forms of slavery.