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44th session of the Human Rights CouncilGlobal update on human rights and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
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中文 | Français | русский Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 30 June 2020 Distinguished President of the Council, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, I am honoured...
Human Rights Council opens forty-fourth regular session, hears High Commissioner’s update on the human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic
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30 June 2020 Holds Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights in the Philippines, Starts Interactive Dialogue on the Situation of Human Rights of Rohingya Muslims and other...
Human Rights Council holds dialogue on Eritrea, ends discussion on Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar
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30 June 2020 Starts Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s Annual Report and her Oral Update on the Human Rights Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic The Human Rights Council this afternoon...
Global Pride 2020Video message by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Español 27 June 2020 This is a time of great unpredictability for many people. The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic fall heavily on many lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people around...
End-of-mission statement by the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices
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GENEVA (26 June 2020) – The United Nations Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices* notes with deep concern the ongoing deterioration of the human rights situation in the Occupied...
COVID-19 exacerbates the risk of ill-treatment and torture worldwide – UN experts
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English | Français | Русский | Español GENEVA (26 June 2020) – On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the UN Anti-Torture mechanisms* unanimously warned that the COVID-19 pandemic...
COVID-19 exacerbates the risk of ill-treatment and torture worldwide – UN experts
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The UN Anti-Torture mechanisms unanimously warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to an escalation of torture and ill-treatment worldwide, and torture survivors are especially in danger of getting infected by the lethal virus.
UN experts* call for further and swifter measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, particularly in detention facilities in Yemen
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العربية BEIRUT/GENEVA, 25 June 2020 – The Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, today urged all parties to the conflict in Yemen to take further measures to fight the spread of...
Human Rights in COVID-times: an event in memory of David Petrasek
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Español Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 24 June 2020 It is a privilege to speak at an event in honour of David Petrasek, whose integrity and commitment to human...