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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eightieth Session

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18 Oct 2021

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its eightieth session, hearing a statement from Mahamane Cissé-Gouro, Director, Human Rights Council and Treaty...

Political will and collective action needed in fight against COVID-19

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18 Oct 2021

The critical need for human rights, international cooperation and solidarity to fight the COVID-19 pandemic was the focus of this year’s Social Forum, an annual meeting convened by the Human Rights Council.

Counter-terrorism measures increasingly diverging from human rights standards, UN expert warns

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15 Oct 2021

NEW YORK (13 October 2021) – Efforts to improve counter-terrorism measures around the world are damaging human rights and the rule of law, a UN expert told the General Assembly today, calling for...

Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development Online Dialogue with Civil Society Organizations

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14 Oct 2021

Paraguay: Failing to prevent contamination violates indigenous people’s right to traditional lands - UN Human Rights Committee

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14 Oct 2021

GENEVA (13 October 2021) — In a landmark decision, the UN Human Rights Committee found that Paraguay’s failure to prevent and control the toxic contamination of traditional lands, due to the intensive...

Fellowship programme for people of African descent

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14 Oct 2021

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What is the Fellowship programme? The Fellowship programme for people of African descent is an intensive human rights training for people of African descent, from the diaspora, who are engaged in...

Governments must stop denying torture and hold officials to account – UN human rights expert

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13 Oct 2021

NEW YORK (12 October 2021) – Too many countries blame torture on rogue officials, deny systemic patterns of torture, and fail to hold torturers to account, an independent UN human rights expert today...

About the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on terrorism

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12 Oct 2021

Human Rights Council Extends Mandates on the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Cambodia and Libya, Appoints Mandate Holders, and Closes its Forty-eighth Regular Session

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11 Oct 2021

MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning extended mandates on the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia, Cambodia and Libya, appointed mandate holders, and...

UN Child Rights Committee rules that countries bear cross-border responsibility for harmful impact of climate change

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11 Oct 2021

GENEVA (11 October 2021) - In a historic ruling on the harmful effects of climate change on children’s rights, the Child Rights Committee has found that a State party can be held responsible for the...