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Press briefing note on Egypt

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Press briefing notes
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 18 October 2019 Subject: Egypt Egypt As you may recall, in September, the High Commissioner...

Human rights in the digital age

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Speeches
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Human rights in the digital age - Can they make a difference? Keynote speech by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Japan Society, New York, 17 October 2019 Distinguished...

Many indigenous languages are in danger of extinction

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Stories
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Around 40 percent of the world’s 6,700 spoken languages are in danger of disappearing, and many of them belong to indigenous peoples. But this trend can be reversed, said Mona Rishmawi of the UN Human Rights Office. Rishmawi made her statement during a panel discussion at the Human Rights Council.

Data on child deaths are a call for justice

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Opinion editorial
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The chances of newborns surviving to adulthood have never been greater: in the past 20 years, rates of childhood death have fallen by more than half. Nearly all 193 United Nations member states have...