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Solidarity on COVID-19 vaccines key step in bridging rights divide between rich and poor countries: UN expert

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21 Oct 2022

NEW YORK (21 October 2022) – Inequitable vaccine availability during the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the great disparity between the global North and South in accessing...

End racism to advance health and other human rights says UN expert

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20 Oct 2022

NEW YORK (20 October 2022) – Eliminating racism and disparities in health status resulting from racial discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance is central to global efforts to advance the right to...

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Belgium on Tremendous Progress made in Legislation, Ask about Gender-Based Violence and Women in Decision-Making Positions

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14 Oct 2022

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the eighth periodic report of Belgium, with Committee Experts commending the State on tremendous progress made in...

UN experts call for urgent action to protect Ukrainian children with disabilities in residential care institutions

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07 Oct 2022

GENEVA (7 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* are gravely concerned about the thousands of Ukrainian children with disabilities who were living in residential institutions and have been evacuated...

Uganda: action plan gives hope to people with albinism

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05 Oct 2022

Elizabeth Ayebere, 14, and her mother Scovia Nsimenta, embrace after her enrolment into a new school. ©OHCHR Photo

The Ugandan Government’s recognition of albinism as a disability, has led to the development of a national action plan. The plan, developed with the assistance of UN Human Rights, provides better assistance in all sectors from health to education.

Ethiopia: Critical moment to strengthen fight against trafficking in the Tigray, Afar, and Amhara

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03 Oct 2022

GENEVA (3 October 2022) – Women and girls in the Tigray, Afar and Amhar are increasingly vulnerable to abduction and trafficking for sexual exploitation as they flee the conflict in Northern Ethiopia...

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVE

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13 Aug 2003

Geneva, 13 August 2003 South Asia Court of Women on the Violence of Trafficking and HIV/AIDS Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 11-13, 2003 The following statement was issued today by Bertrand Ramcharan...

Sub-commission hears reports of its experts on bioethics; terrorism; traditional practices harming women and girls

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04 Aug 2003

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 55th session 4 August 2003 Afternoon The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights this afternoon continued its...