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Advancing human rights in sports can catalyze social transformation, Türk says
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Excellencies, Friends, Colleagues, It is a pleasure to be speaking here today. Sport, at its core, is a celebration of the human being. Of being human, of vitality. Beyond the obvious physical...
Türk calls for more human rights education to build “just, peaceful and sustainable world”
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GENEVA (4 December 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called today for policies supporting human rights education programmes, particularly “prioritising young people in...
Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers and Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Discuss Draft Joint General Comment on Xenophobia and the Rights of Migrants
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held a side event to...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Holds Seventh Meeting with States Parties
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today held its seventh informal meeting with States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial...
UN expert on Cambodia to conduct official country visit
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GENEVA (4 December 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Cambodia, Vitit Muntarbhorn, will conduct an official visit to Cambodia from 4 to 8 December 2023. The independent...
“Care and support allow me to live independently”
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Around the world, millions of people with disabilities lack adequate care and support systems, a reality that denies them their rights, holds back their potential and undermines economies. Nicolas Joncour is fighting for the rights of persons with disabilities and their right to live independently.
Human Rights 75 high-level event
Genocide can and must be prevented, Türk declares
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The Genocide Convention is a grave and urgent document. This first human rights treaty in the history of the United Nations, it was adopted on the eve of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...