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D10-Human Rights Day 2023
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Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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D10-Young human rights educators inspire peers to take action
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From South Africa to Japan, from Morocco to Serbia, from Samoa to Mexico and Kyrgyzstan, seven young human rights educators show the way in inspiring young people to take action and promote human rights for all.
Flash report on the human rights situation in the West Bank including East Jerusalem, 7 October - 20 November 2023
UN report: Türk warns of rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the West Bank, calls for end to violence
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GENEVA (28 December 2023) – A UN report released today details the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, after 7 October 2023, and calls on...
United States: Proposed Title IX changes will impact rights of women and girls in sports and education says UN expert
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GENEVA (27 December 2023) – Proposed rule changes to Title IX would violate the rights to equality and non-discrimination of student-athletes that are biological women and girls and contravene the...
Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango on continued bombardment of Middle Gaza
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We are gravely concerned about the continued bombardment of Middle Gaza by Israeli forces, which has claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives since Christmas Eve. It is particularly concerning that...
Israel working to expel civilian population of Gaza, UN expert warns
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GENEVA (22 December 2023) – Israel is seeking to permanently alter the composition of Gaza’s population with ever-expanding evacuation orders and widespread and systematic attacks on civilians and...
UN Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide, High Representative for the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion decry rising Antisemitism and Islamophobia around the world
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GENEVA (21 December 2023) – Urgent action must be taken by all to ensure members of religious minority communities are able to enjoy their rights on an equal basis and receive effective protection, UN...
Russia: Pattern of enforced disappearances of imprisoned dissident voices must end, says UN expert
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GENEVA (21 December 2023) – A UN expert has raised concerns about the enforced disappearance of Alexey Gorinov, after receiving information that his whereabouts and health condition have been unknown...
Gaza Strip: States are obliged to prevent crimes against humanity and genocide, UN Committee stresses
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GENEVA (21 December 2023) - Amid the delay in voting on the Gaza resolution at the UN Security Council, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination warned of hate speech and...