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Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development to formulate contributions for upcoming United Nations summits at its 7th session in New York
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GENEVA/NEW YORK (30 March 2023) – The Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development will hold its seventh session from 3 to 5 April 2023 at UN Headquarters in New York with meetings that will be...
E/C.12/PRT/CO/5: Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Portugal
E/C.12/LTU/CO/3: Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Lithuania
HC: The digital divide is leaving young people behind
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During the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk spoke with child activists on digital opportunities and risks during a panel event calling on governments and companies to put children’s rights at the center of policies and online tools.
Interactive Dialogue 5: Water Action Decade: Accelerating the implementation of the objectives of the Decade, including through the UN Secretary General’s Action Plan
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At the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, we commit ourselves to making human rights a game-changer for water. To this end: We will support countries to accelerate...
UN experts urge Parties to Rotterdam Convention to adopt amendment listing hazardous chemicals
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GENEVA (27 March 2023) – UN experts* today called on all Parties to the Rotterdam Convention to adopt an amendment that would list hazardous chemicals and strengthen the international treaty that is...
E/C.12/KHM/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Cambodia
Afghanistan: Quality education must be equally accessible to all, UN experts say
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GENEVA (20 March 2023) – UN experts* today said the ongoing unlawful denial of girls and young women’s right to education in Afghanistan marks a global nadir in education, impacting an entire gender...
Human Rights Council Continues General Debate on the Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights, Civil, Political, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, including the Right to Development
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AFTERNOON 17 March 2023 The Human Rights Council this afternoon continued its general debate on agenda item three on the promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic...