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UN Disability Rights Committee to review France and Djibouti

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16 Aug 2021

GENEVA (16 August 2021) —The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review France and Djibouti during its latest session from 16 August - 17 September. The two countries...

Afghanistan: UN experts urge swift global action to protect human rights and prevent ‘civilian slaughter’

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16 Aug 2021

GENEVA (16 August 2021) - UN human rights experts* today issued a statement calling on Member States to take immediate and preventive action to prevent the slaughter of civilians, the destruction of...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Praised for Hosting Seven Online Regional Consultations as it Opens Twenty-Fifth Session in Geneva

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16 Aug 2021

16 August 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-fifth session online, hearing from the Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms...

“We are devoted to this work because the health and lives of people are at stake.”

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16 Aug 2021

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported that increased workloads, insufficient time for rest and inadequate wages have forced many healthcare workers to leave their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Human rights-based analysis of Kenya Budget, 2021-2022

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15 Aug 2021

Note sur les tendances des violations et atteintes aux droits de l’homme et des violations du droit international humanitaire au Mali (1er avril - 30 juin 2021) - French only

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15 Aug 2021

UN experts condemn raid on West Bank NGO, urge Israel meaningfully probe child deaths

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13 Aug 2021

GENEVA (13 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* have called on the Government of Israel to immediately return confidential documents and office equipment that its military seized from the offices...

UN experts call for end to police brutality worldwide

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13 Aug 2021

GENEVA (13 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* have expressed alarm at what they describe as a “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide” and warned States of the grave...

A/76/285: Report of the Secretary-General on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity

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12 Aug 2021

Summary The present report, submitted in accordance with resolution 74/157 , is focused on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity in the online space, including the gender dimension and...

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12 Aug 2021