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UN Experts Condemn UK Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities Report

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19 Apr 2021

This statement is issued by independent experts* of the Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council: Geneva (19 April 2021) The UN Working Group of Experts on People of African...

United Kingdom: UN experts condemn “reprehensible” racism report

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19 Apr 2021

GENEVA (19 April 2021) – A group of UN human rights experts today strongly rejected a UK government-backed report into racism and ethnic disparities in the country, saying the review further distorted...

Guatemala: UN expert deeply concerned by Congress refusal to reappoint top judge

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19 Apr 2021

GENEVA (19 April 2021) – A UN human rights expert today expressed serious concerns about Congress’s refusal to swear in Gloria Porras - a judge renowned for her decisions regarding protection and...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Opens its One Hundred and Third Virtual Session

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19 Apr 2021

19 April 2021 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today opened its one-hundred and third virtual session during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts by Belgium. The...

The Dalit: Born into a life of discrimination and stigma

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19 Apr 2021

For centuries, the Dalit minority in South Asia have faced discrimination, marginalisation, stigma and violence. Beena Pallical is the General Secretary of the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights in India. She dedicates her life’s work to fighting for Dalit rights.

Decriminalisation of drug users

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16 Apr 2021

A surge on war on drugs, for small possession, violates human rights. It impacts on the right to health and is not effective. Participants, at an event held at the margins of the current session of UN...

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A/HRC/47/32: Right to education: the cultural dimensions of the right to education, or the right to education as a cultural right Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to education

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Thematic reports

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16 Apr 2021

Summary The cultural dimensions of the right to education are crucial to ensuring that the universal right to inclusive and quality education is realized, as called for in Sustainable Development Goal...

WWF Annual Conference

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16 Apr 2021

Video Message by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet 16 April 2021 I am pleased to address your Annual Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic has, among many lessons...

Committee on the rights of migrants workers suspends its thirty-second session

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16 Apr 2021

16 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon suspended its online thirty-second session after adopting its concluding...

UN Disability Rights Committee issues findings on Estonia and calls for people with disabilities’ inclusion in the community

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15 Apr 2021

GENEVA (15 April 2021) — The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has published its findings on Estonia, which it examined during its latest session. The Committee recognised...