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US must reverse “outrageous” dismantling of Bears Ears National Monument, says UN rights expert
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GENEVA (30 January 2018) – A US presidential order slashing the area of land in the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and paving the way for the extraction of natural resources is outrageous and...
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...
A/HRC/37/57/Add.2: Report of the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism on the expert workshop on witchcraft and human rights
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Summary The expert workshop on witchcraft and human rights took place on 21 and 22 September 2017 in Geneva. Its objective was to advance the discourse on the phenomena of witchcraft and its various...
A/HRC/37/66: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues
Indigenous rights must be respected during Kenya climate change project, say UN experts
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GENEVA (15 January 2018) – Three independent experts* appointed by the UN have expressed concerns about recent reports that indigenous Sengwer peoples in western Kenya have been attacked and forcibly...
Sexual orientation and gender identity: UN expert hails historic legal opinion issued in Americas
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GENEVA (12 January 2018) - An independent expert appointed by the United Nations hailed a landmark opinion by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights that recognises the right to gender identity and...
Statement by Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, at the Nasdaq stock exchange, before ringing the opening bell on behalf of the UN Human Rights Office, New York, 12 January 2018
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Thank you very much indeed for that warm welcome and for the great honor that it is for us to open on behalf of the United Nations Human Rights Office the New York business day. It's an important time...