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Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Myanmar
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Geneva (28 February 2021) - “We strongly condemn the escalating violence against protests in Myanmar and call on the military to immediately halt the use of force against peaceful protestors...
USA: UN experts urge far-reaching reforms on policing and racism
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GENEVA (26 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the US Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to put an end to police violence, and to vigorously address systemic racism and...
Bachelet updates Human Rights Council on recent human rights issues in more than 50 countries
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العربية | 中文 | Русский | Español As delivered 46th session of the Human Rights Council Item 2 - High Commissioner's Oral Update Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 26...
Oral updates and introduction to country reports of the High Commissioner and her Office on Colombia, Cyprus, Eritrea, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, and the impact of COVID-19 on human rights
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Español 46th session of the Human Rights Council Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 26 February 2021 Madame President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, I...
Myanmar: Military must restore democracy, allow people to protest and express themselves, say UN experts
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GENEVA (26 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Myanmar military to immediately end the violent crackdown on countrywide peaceful protests against its coup and allow free...
High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents her Global Update to the Human Rights Council, as well as her Reports on Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Venezuela, Cyprus, Eritrea and on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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MORNING 26 February 2021 Council Holds Meeting on the Role of Poverty Alleviation in Promoting and Protection Human Rights High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet this morning presented...
Human Rights Council Starts General Debate on the High Commissioner’s Oral Update
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AFTERNOON 26 February 2021 The Human Rights Council this afternoon started a general debate on the oral update of Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Ms. Bachelet...
Presentation of the annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human Rights in Nicaragua
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Español Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 46th session of the Human Rights Council (Statement delivered in Spanish) Geneva, 25 February 2021 Madame President, I...
Joint Statement by independent United Nations human rights experts* on human rights responsibilities of armed non-State actors
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GENEVA (25 February 2021) – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts* issued the following joint statement, in order to highlight the far-reaching negative human rights impacts of...