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Working together to better protect South Sudan’s vulnerable during COVID-19

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Stories
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“Our individual resources and capabilities are limited but, when pulled together, our comparative advantages will facilitate greater results for the vulnerable groups we support,” says Anthony Nwapa, team leader at the UN Mission in South Sudan Human Rights Division in Eastern Equatoria State, South Sudan, of working with partners in South Sudan to promote human rights during COVID-19.

COVID-19 country-specific infographics

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Infographics and posters
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These country-specific infographics identify recommendations by human rights mechanisms that OHCHR assesses as being particularly relevant to respond to the pandemic and its consequences in an...

A/HRC/44/39: Right to education: impact of the coronavirus disease crisis on the right to education – concerns, challenges and opportunities Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education

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Thematic reports
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The health crisis has had numerous implications in all sectors of human life, leading to an economic crisis, as well as to what must be called an education crisis. In this report, the Special Rapporteur analyses the issues she considers to be the most pressing from a human rights perspective. Acting within a human rights framework is indeed crucial to ensure that measures adopted in response to the pandemic do not jeopardize the right to education and do not increase the suffering of the most marginalized.

A/75/258: Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity - Note by the Secretary-General

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Thematic reports
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In his report, the Independent Expert discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans and gender-diverse (LGBT) persons, communities and/or populations. The Independent Expert analyses the impact of the pandemic on social exclusion and violence and the interaction with institutional drivers of stigma and discrimination. He also analyses measures adopted in the context of the pandemic aimed at persecuting LGBT persons or with indirect or unintended discriminatory effects and identifies good practice.

The impact of arms transfers on human rights: 2020 report

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Reports
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In this report, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights clarifies the scope of goods to be considered when discussing diversion of arms and unregulated or illicit arms transfers, and highlights how these practices have a gendered impact on the human rights of women and girls.