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A/HRC/37/73: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on recommendations made by the Forum on Minority Issues at its tenth session on the theme “Minority youth: towards inclusive and diverse societies”

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30 Jan 2018

US must reverse “outrageous” dismantling of Bears Ears National Monument, says UN rights expert

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30 Jan 2018

GENEVA (30 January 2018) – A US presidential order slashing the area of land in the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and paving the way for the extraction of natural resources is outrageous and...

Death sentence of Bahá’í follower in Yemen must be quashed – UN rights experts

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25 Jan 2018

GENEVA (25 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged the de facto authorities in Sana’a to annul a death sentence handed down against a follower of the Baha’i faith, reiterating calls for an...

A/HRC/37/57/Add.2: Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism on the expert workshop on witchcraft and human rights

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Thematic reports

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23 Jan 2018

Summary The expert workshop on witchcraft and human rights took place on 21 and 22 September 2017 in Geneva. Its objective was to advance the discourse on the phenomena of witchcraft and its various...

A/HRC/37/66: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues

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Thematic reports

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16 Jan 2018

Indigenous rights must be respected during Kenya climate change project, say UN experts

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15 Jan 2018

GENEVA (15 January 2018) – Three independent experts* appointed by the UN have expressed concerns about recent reports that indigenous Sengwer peoples in western Kenya have been attacked and forcibly...

Sexual orientation and gender identity: UN expert hails historic legal opinion issued in Americas

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12 Jan 2018

GENEVA (12 January 2018) - An independent expert appointed by the United Nations hailed a landmark opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that recognises the right to gender identity and...

Statement by Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, at the Nasdaq stock exchange, before ringing the opening bell on behalf of the UN Human Rights Office, New York, 12 January 2018

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12 Jan 2018

Thank you very much indeed for that warm welcome and for the great honor that it is for us to open on behalf of the United Nations Human Rights Office the New York business day. It's an important time...

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TO VISIT MEXICO

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30 May 2003

30 May 2003 The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, will visit...

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION, APPROVES NINE SETS OF RECOMMENDATIONS, SEVEN DRAFT DECISIONS

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23 May 2003

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Second Session 23 May 2003 18th & 19th Meetings (AM & PM) Urges United Nations Bodies to Address Matters Related to Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation of Indigenous...