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High Commissioner for Human Rights tells the Human Rights Council that the Human Rights situation in Belarus continues to worsen in 2021
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MORNING 24 September 2021 Independent International Fact-finding Mission on Venezuela tells Council that it has reasonable rrounds to believe that the justice system has played a significant role in...
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review
Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia and Nicaragua
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GENEVA (24 September 2021) — The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights will hold its upcoming session from 27 September to 15 October, during which it plans to review reports of Kuwait...
"Raising the bar: Jointly working towards comprehensive justice for Syria"
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Statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet New York, 24 September 2021 Excellencies, After over ten years of unrelenting, gross and systematic violations of...
High Commissioner for Human Rights to the Human Rights Council: 350,209 Civilians Have Been Killed in the Syrian Conflict
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AFTERNOON 24 September 2021 Council starts general debate on human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Council concludes interactive dialogue with the Independent International Fact...
Committee on the Rights of the Child closes eghty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Czech Republic, Eswatini, Poland and Switzerland
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ROUNDUP 24 September 2021 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon closed its eighty-eighth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Czech Republic, Eswatini...
Committee on Enforced Disappearances closes twenty-first session after adopting concluding observations on Brazil, Panama, Spain and France
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24 September 2021 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon closed its twenty-first session after adopting its concluding observations on the initial reports of Brazil and Panama, and on...
Pioneering document on fighting racism, discrimination and intolerances turns 20
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As the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA) turns 20, High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet urged States to work harder to eliminate racial discrimination and intolerance. "It is vital that we rise above past controversies and come together to combat racism and related discrimination in the world today."
COVID-19 presents case for renewed multilateralism, says expert’s report
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A UN expert’s report presented to the Human Rights Council demonstrates that the COVID-19 pandemic can be an opportunity for "strengthened, more effective and inclusive multilateralism."
General comment No. 5 (2021) on migrants’ rights to liberty and freedom from arbitrary detention
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Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families Background General comment No. 5 (2021) on migrants’ rights to liberty and freedom from arbitrary...