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International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
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Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on the Holocaust Remembrance and Education: Our Shared responsibility 27 January 2018 Human history will be forever scarred by...
Egypt must halt executions, say UN human rights experts
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GENEVA (26 January 2018) – A group of UN human rights experts* has called on Egypt to halt all pending executions following repeated allegations of unfair trials. “We are particularly concerned by an...
Promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
A/HRC/37/63: Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order - Note by the Secretariat
Conclusions and recommendations of special procedures - Report of the Secretary-General
A/HRC/37/61/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food on her mission to Zambia - Note by the Secretariat
A/HRC/37/61: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to food - Note by the Secretariat
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Summary The report focuses on the right to food in the context of natural disasters, and follows the interim report devoted to the humanitarian system and the right to food in conflict situations (A...
Death sentence of Bahá’í follower in Yemen must be quashed – UN rights experts
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GENEVA (25 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have urged the de facto authorities in Sana’a to annul a death sentence handed down against a follower of the Baha’i faith, reiterating calls for an...
Time to end leprosy stigma, says new UN human rights expert
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World Leprosy Day 28 January 2018 GENEVA (25 January 2018) – People affected by leprosy continue to suffer discrimination and lack of access to medical care, a newly appointed UN human rights expert...