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Fact Sheet No. 38: Frequently Asked Questions on Human Rights and Climate Change
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“The climate crisis is the biggest threat to our survival as a species and is already threatening human rights around the world.” Global temperatures are rising due to greenhouse gas emissions...
Press Statement on the visit to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
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Vietnamese version Hanoi, Viet Nam 31 July 2014 Introduction In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, I was invited by the Government of the Socialist...
Autonomy of religious communities, a crucial test for the development of religious freedom in Viet Nam
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HANOI (31 July 2014) – Religious communities in Viet Nam should be able to operate also outside of the officially established channels for religious practice, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on...
Pillay condemns continuing attacks on civilians in Gaza
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GENEVA (31 July 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday strongly condemned the 30 July shelling by Israeli military forces of a UN school in Gaza sheltering people...
Ensuring the right to remembrance and dignity for the Roma people
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Roma Holocaust 70th anniversary commemoration - Saturday 2 August 2014 GENEVA / NEW YORK (2 August 2014) – On the 70th anniversary of the Roma Holocaust –‘Porrajmos’ or ‘Pharrajimos’– two United...
Kenyans have rights to safe water and sanitation on paper – now it’s time to make them a reality
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GENEVA (30 July 2014) – At the end of a seven-day official visit to Kenya*, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque, called on the...
Human trafficking: a multi-billion dollar global business
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From the young women who have been enslaved as prostitutes or abused as unpaid domestic workers to the men who have been trapped in everlasting servitude, victims of trafficking have frequently been made vulnerable by structural discrimination and inequalities, said the UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay on the occasion of the first-ever World Day against Trafficking in Persons.
Intense fighting in eastern Ukraine “extremely alarming”, says Pillay, as UN releases new report
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GENEVA (28 July 2014) - A total breakdown of law and order and a reign of fear and terror have been inflicted by armed groups on the population of eastern Ukraine, according to a new report issued...
Myanmar: UN expert warns against possible backtracking, calls for more public freedoms
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GENEVA (28 July 2014) - Following a ten-day visit* to the country, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Ms. Yanghee Lee, urged the authorities to avoid any backtracking...