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Indigenous women and girls: UN women’s rights committee to meet with States parties on new guidance

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24 Jun 2022

GENEVA (24 June 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) will hold an informal meeting with States parties on 28 June to present and discuss a draft new...

End violence against indigenous women and girls: UN expert

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22 Jun 2022

GENEVA (22 June 2022) – Indigenous women and girls face grave, systematic, and continuous acts of violence that permeate every aspect of their lives while perpetrators enjoy alarming levels of...

Tanzania: UN experts warn of escalating violence amidst plans to forcibly evict Maasai from ancestral lands

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15 Jun 2022

GENEVA (15 June 2022) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about continuous encroachment on traditional Maasai lands and housing, accompanied by a lack of transparency in, and...

Build a Big Tent

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06 Jun 2022

In this episode of the UN Human Rights podcast, #StandUp4Migrants, we explore why it's important to find allies across advocacy issues and identities. Meet Niria Alicia Garcia, a Xicana human rights advocate whose parents migrated from Mexico to the United States. Our conversation with Niria Alicia explores her activism and insight on how we can multiply our impact by expanding our network to meet new allies.

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29 Jul 2003

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights opens its fifty-fifth session in Geneva

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28 Jul 2003

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 55th session 28 July 2003 Morning Elects Halima Embarek Warzazi as Chairperson, Adopts Agenda and Hears Statement by Acting High...

ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INDIGENOUS ISSUES

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25 Jul 2003

25 July 2003 morning ECOSOC Suspends 2003 Substantive Session The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning suspended its 2003 substantive session after adopting five resolutions and 13...

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG ADDRESSES CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

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24 Jul 2003

24 July 2003 Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today delivered the opening address at the annual celebration at the Palais des Nations of the...

ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE, LEBANESE DETAINEES IN ISRAEL, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR

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23 Jul 2003

23.07.2003 morning Begins Consideration of Human Rights and Indigenous Issues The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning began its adoption of texts recommended to it by the Commission on...

ECOSOC ADOPTS DECISIONS RECOMMENDED BY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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23 Jul 2003

23.07.03 afternoon Also Adopts Resolution on Long-term Support for Haiti The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon took action on decisions recommended to it in the report of the...