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Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Papua and West Papua, Indonesia
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BANGKOK/GENEVA (30 November 2020) – We are disturbed by escalating violence over the past weeks and months in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua and the increased risk of renewed tension...
Governments must do more to prevent slavery and exploitation during COVID-19 pandemic
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GENEVA (30 November 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk that people at the edges of society will be pushed into slavery, trafficking and/or sexual exploitation, and governments must...
The power of Human Rights Education
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Human Right Education can have a huge impact in empowering people and transforming lives. Discover inspiring examples and guidance on a new online platform.
A/HRC/45/12/Add.1: Visit to Canada - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
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Summary The Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, visited Canada from 24 May...
UN experts call for release of Egyptian human rights defenders jailed after meeting diplomats
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GENEVA (27 November 2020) – UN human rights experts* today condemned Egypt for the arbitrary arrest and detention of three human rights defenders from the same organisation, apparently in retaliation...
Iraq: UN Committee urges end to impunity for enforced disappearances
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GENEVA (27 November 2020) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) has issued its findings on Iraq, calling on the State party to incorporate the offence of enforced disappearances into...
Malawi: one woman’s fight against child marriage
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Memory Banda is a 23 year-old activist, whose voice helped introduce a law in Malawi to end child marriages. She is now fighting to make sure it is enforced.
UN Committee issues recommendations to combat racial profiling
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GENEVA (26 November 2020) — The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today published its guidance to combat racial profiling, emphasizing, among other issues, the serious risk of...
Human rights at the heart of the recovery
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On Human Rights Day, let us stand up together to demand a new social contract anchored in the realization of all human rights for everyone. To recover better, let us stand up for human rights.