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Midterm review of the International Decade for People of African Descent

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22 Jul 2021

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 22 July 2021 Distinguished President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Leaders of Afrodescendent communities, I am delighted...

Human Rights Council Adopts Nine Texts: Establishes Mechanism to Protect Africans and People of African Descent against Excessive Use of Force by Law Enforcement Officers, Renews Mandate on Belarus

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13 Jul 2021

13 July 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted nine texts in which it, among other actions, established an international independent expert mechanism on promoting and protecting the...

High Commissioner to Human Rights Council: Law Enforcement Officials must be Held Accountable for Crimes against People of African Descent and Alternative Approaches to Policing should be Applied

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12 Jul 2021

MIDDAY 12 July 2021 Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, today told the Human Rights Council that the murder of George Floyd was a tipping point, which had shifted the...