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Bahamas set for first visit by UN expert on violence against women

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06 Dec 2017

GENEVA (6 December 2017) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović, will undertake the first official visit of her mandate to...

Statement by the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ms. Ikponwosa Ero, upon conclusion of her official visit to Fiji – 27 November to 7 December 2017

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06 Dec 2017

Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the Government of the Republic of Fiji for the invitation to assess the human rights situation of persons with albinism and to...

Rabat+5 Symposium on the follow-up to the Rabat Plan of Action,
Rabat, 6-7 December 2017

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06 Dec 2017

Opening statement of Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (as delivered in Rabat by Ibrahim Salama on 6 December 2017) I warmly welcome you to this important and timely...

A world for all

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06 Dec 2017

The wider inclusion of persons with disabilities and the meaningful commitment of the international community to uphold their rights is the only way forward to equality, panellists say at the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Joint Statement by United Nations and Regional Experts calling for a human rights based Global Compact on Migration

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06 Dec 2017

Geneva / Banjul / Washington, D.C. - In light of the stocktaking meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on December 4-6, part of the preparatory process towards the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and...

27th special session of the Human Rights Council

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05 Dec 2017

Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar

UN experts urge Azerbaijan to end travel ban on award-winning investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova

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05 Dec 2017

GENEVA (5 December 2017) – Azerbaijan should lift its travel ban on investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova and strengthen media independence in the country, two UN human rights experts* have...

Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation of the minority Rohingya Muslim population and other minorities in the Rakhine State of Myanmar

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05 Dec 2017

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein 5 December 2017 Distinguished President, SRSG Patten, Chair of the Coordinating Committee Devandas Aguilar, Chair of the Fact...

Myanmar: UN human rights chief calls for international criminal investigation of perpetrators of violence against Rohingya

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05 Dec 2017

GENEVA (5 December 2017) –The UN human rights chief on Tuesday condemned "widespread, systematic and shockingly brutal" attacks against the Rohingya, as well as decades of discrimination and...

Mexico must redouble efforts to protect journalists, human rights experts urge

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05 Dec 2017

GENEVA (5 December 2017) – Mexico must take bold steps to address the violence faced by journalists, two human rights experts have stated after a week-long official mission examining freedom of...