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Occupied Gaza Strip: UN Committee calls for immediate ceasefire and urges end to hate speech amid fears of broader conflict

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27 Oct 2023

GENEVA (27 October 2023) – Alarmed by the scale of violence and the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in the occupied Gaza Strip and fearing the prospects of a broader conflict, the UN Committee on...

Türk urges alignment between EU, UN rules on business and human rights

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27 Oct 2023

GENEVA (27 October 2023) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today urged European Union institutions currently finalizing a major new piece of legislation on corporate human rights due...

Lao PDR: Stop deporting human rights defenders, says UN expert

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27 Oct 2023

GENEVA (27 October 2023) – Laotian authorities must not deport people, including human rights defenders, to countries where there are substantial grounds to believe that they would face an imminent...

Afghan nationals at risk of deportation from Pakistan

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27 Oct 2023

We are extremely alarmed by Pakistan’s announcement that it plans to deport “undocumented” foreign nationals remaining in the country after 1 November, a measure that will disproportionately impact...

Gaza/Israel: Türk appeals to all sides to heed the calls for peace

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27 Oct 2023

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is appealing to all sides to heed the calls for peace. The violence needs to end and there need to be strong efforts to seek an alternative to this...

Care and support is about human rights

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27 Oct 2023

UN Human Rights plays a central role in promoting gender equality and bringing together the rights of women, persons with disabilities, children, young people and older persons, both as people who provide and receive care and support. Rights-based care and support systems are key to sustainable development.

UN expert calls for scrapping of colonial laws and policies that marginalise LGBT persons

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27 Oct 2023

NEW YORK (27 October 2023) – The vast majority of countries that have laws and policies targeting individuals based on their sexual orientation or gender identity have inherited these practices from...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Closes Eighty-Sixth Session in Geneva

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27 Oct 2023

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today closed its eighty-sixth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Albania, Bhutan, France, Guatemala...

UN experts: LGBT older persons at heightened risk of violence and discrimination

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27 Oct 2023

GENEVA (27 October 2023) – Following the commemoration of the UN International Day on Older Persons on 1 October, three United Nations rights experts* issued a statement highlighting the alarming...

Statement by the Members of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine to the United Nations Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting, New York

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27 Oct 2023

Non-official UN languages: Ukrainian Українська (PDF) 27 October 2023 Delivered by: Erik Møse, Chair of the Commission; Vrinda Grover, Commissioner; Pablo de Greiff, Commissioner Erik Møse, Chair of...