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Implementing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – the Role of Independent Monitoring Frameworks: Practical Guide

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14 Dec 2023

This practical guide is aimed at assisting States parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and civil...

Brazil: UN expert hails legislative breakthroughs favouring children separated from parents affected by leprosy (Hansen’s disease)

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Press releases

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08 Dec 2023

GENEVA (8 December 2023) – A UN expert today welcomed legislative strides towards protecting and promoting the human rights of children separated from their parents affected by Hansen's disease in...

“Care and support allow me to live independently”

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Stories

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04 Dec 2023

People with disabilities hold placards during the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Bangalore, India. © EPA

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.

Time to fulfill the rights of people with disabilities

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Statements and speeches

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03 Dec 2023

Today we celebrate the invaluable contributions of people with disabilities – agents of change and progress in our communities. People with disabilities have the right to lead dignified and...

Armed conflict puts human rights of people with disabilities and all civilians in peril: UN experts

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Statements

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01 Dec 2023

GENEVA (1 December 2023) – Many people with disabilities have lost their lives to armed conflict, UN experts* said today, calling for peace at a time when the human rights of persons with disabilities...

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO HEALTH CONCLUDES VISIT TO MOZAMBIQUE

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Press releases

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23 Dec 2003

23 December 2003 Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to health, has concluded a mission to Mozambique that lasted from 15 to 19 December. The mission took...

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Press releases

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12 Dec 2003

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO HEALTH TO VISIT MOZAMBIQUE FROM 15 TO 19 DECEMBER 2003

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Press releases

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12 Dec 2003

12 December 2003 Paul Hunt, Special Rapporteur on the right to health of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, will visit Mozambique at the invitation of the Government from 15 to 19 December...

NEW CARTOON FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO RAISE
AWARENESS AND MOBILIZE ACTION TO TACKLE
HIV/AIDS

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Press releases

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10 Dec 2003

10 December 2003 Geneva - Today, on Human Rights Day, three UN agencies are launching a colourful, interactive cartoon booklet called “HIV/AIDS Stand Up for Human Rights”. The cartoon is part of a...

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAILS PROGRESS ON CONVENTION ON DISABLED

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Statements

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03 Dec 2003

3 December 2003 Following is the message of acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan on International Day of Disabled Persons, 3 December 2003: The International Day...