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A Pandemic of Exclusion: The impact of COVID-19 on the human rights of migrants in Libya

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30 Aug 2021

All over the world, the health, economic, and protection crises created by the COVID-19 pandemic have disproportionately affected those already in situations of vulnerability and marginalization. In...

Civil society report on Kosovo* delivers a united voice on human rights

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23 Aug 2021

A coalition of non-governmental organisations, supported by UN Human Rights and the UN Mission in Kosovo, have again joined forces to produce the second annual report on the human rights situation in Kosovo.

#WeThe15: A global human rights movement for the 1.2 billion persons with disabilities

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20 Aug 2021

Launching just ahead of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, the global #WeThe15 campaign aims to end discrimination against people with disabilities.

Briefing notes on #WeThe15 global disability rights campaign

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Press briefing notes

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17 Aug 2021

This Thursday, the headquarters of the UN Human Rights Office, Palais Wilson in Geneva, will be lit up in purple - the international colour for disability - to mark the start of a global, 10-year...

Afghanistan: UN experts urge swift global action to protect human rights and prevent ‘civilian slaughter’

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16 Aug 2021

GENEVA (16 August 2021) - UN human rights experts* today issued a statement calling on Member States to take immediate and preventive action to prevent the slaughter of civilians, the destruction of...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Praised for Hosting Seven Online Regional Consultations as it Opens Twenty-Fifth Session in Geneva

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16 Aug 2021

16 August 2021 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-fifth session online, hearing from the Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms...

“We are devoted to this work because the health and lives of people are at stake.”

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16 Aug 2021

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported that increased workloads, insufficient time for rest and inadequate wages have forced many healthcare workers to leave their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

UN experts call for end to police brutality worldwide

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13 Aug 2021

GENEVA (13 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* have expressed alarm at what they describe as a “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide” and warned States of the grave...

Ghana: Anti-LGBTI draft bill a “recipe for violence” – UN experts

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12 Aug 2021

GENEVA (12 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* urged Ghana’s Government to reject a proposed ‘family values’ bill, saying it seeks to establish a system of State-sponsored discrimination and...

Unilateral sanctions impinge on right to development - UN experts

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11 Aug 2021

Español GENEVA (11 August 2021) – Many people around the world are being denied the right to development – both their countries’ economic improvement and their own personal development – because of...