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UN expert on right to housing to visit the Netherlands

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08 Dec 2023

GENEVA (8 December 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, will conduct a visit to the Netherlands from 11 to 21 December 2023. The expert will...

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Concludes Thirty-Seventh Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on the Reports of Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan and São Tomé and Príncipe

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08 Dec 2023

The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon concluded its thirty-seventh session after adopting concluding observations on the...

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Our Shared Values and Path to Solutions

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Opinion editorial

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08 Dec 2023

On 10 December 1948, a fledgling United Nations took a momentous step. In adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it laid down a promise of a world to be rebuilt—after the horrors of...

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Holds Side Event on the Impact of Climate Change on the Human Rights of Migrants and Promoting Ratification of the Convention

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07 Dec 2023

The Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers this afternoon held a side event on the impact of climate change on the human rights of migrants and promoting the ratification of the International...

UN expert says Mauritius leads on privacy in the region, but challenges remain

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Press releases

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07 Dec 2023

GENEVA (7 December 2023) – A UN expert has welcomed the comprehensive legal framework to safeguard privacy and data protection in Mauritius, but warned that challenges remain in its implementation....

Human Rights Day 2023

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07 Dec 2023

UN Human Rights is set to host several events around the world to mark Human Rights Day and Human Rights 75, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration, including a High-Level Event in Geneva, on 11-12 December.

Gaza: UN expert condemns ‘unrelenting war’ on health system amid airstrikes on hospitals and health workers

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07 Dec 2023

GENEVA (7 December 2023) – Israel has declared an ‘unrelenting war’ on the health system in Gaza, a UN expert said today, after hospitals, including one dedicated to treating children, were hit by...

UN experts condemn Russian Supreme Court decision banning “LGBT movement” as “extremist”

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07 Dec 2023

GENEVA (7 December 2023) – UN experts* today raised concerns about the dangerous precedent and far-reaching negative consequences of the Russian Supreme Court decision declaring the “international...

The Universal Declaration offers Ukraine a way forward, Türk says

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Statements and speeches

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07 Dec 2023

Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Thank you for the invitation to participate in this important event. When the United Nations Charter was adopted in 1945, its commitments were clear. Prevention...

Urgent action needed to save lives amid intensifying conflict in Myanmar, says UN expert

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06 Dec 2023

GENEVA (6 November 2023) – A UN expert today urged UN Member States to save lives endangered by an intensifying military conflict in Myanmar by taking immediate measures to stop the flow of weapons...