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Human rights go “viral” in 2011

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08 Dec 2011

NEW YORK (8 December 2011) – An unprecedented social media campaign built around the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has been gathering momentum in the run-up to Human Rights Day, which is...

Climate finance should not add to the external debt burdens of poor recipient countries, says UN expert

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08 Dec 2011

GENEVA (8 December 2011) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina, urged the international climate change gatherings currently underway in Durban, South...

Women’s voices must be heard during times of transitions and reform

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08 Dec 2011

Statement by the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, and the Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice 16 Days of...

Argentina: experto de la ONU urge a mejorar la situación de los pueblos indígenas

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08 Dec 2011

BUENOS AIRES (8 de diciembre de 2011) – El Relator Especial de Naciones Unidas James Anaya urgió* ayer a las autoridades nacionales y provinciales argentinas a fortalecer los logros en materia de los...

Statement by Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights to the Panel Discussion on ending violence and criminal sanctions based on sexual orientation and gender identity

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08 Dec 2011

8 December 2011 New York Panel on violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity ECOSOC Chamber, UNHQ, 8 December 2011 Statement by United Nations Assistant Secretary...

The Secretary-General-Message to event on ending violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity

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08 Dec 2011

New York , 8 December 2011 Delivered by Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights I am pleased to greet participants attending this event on the homophobic bullying of young people...

Campaigning on social networks for human rights in Tunisia

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07 Dec 2011

Under the pseudonym of Hamadi Kaloutcha, Sofiane Belhaj, a blogger and human rights defender, has been campaigning on social networks against former President Ben Ali’s regime since 2007.

Malaysia: new Bill threatens right to peaceful assembly with arbitrary and disproportional restrictions

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07 Dec 2011

GENEVA (7 December 2011) – A group of United Nations independent experts warned that a new Peaceful Assembly Bill in Malaysia may “arbitrarily and disproportionately restrict the right to assemble...

Declaración a los medios del Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas al concluir su visita a Argentina

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07 Dec 2011

Buenos Aires, 7 de diciembre de 2011 “En mi calidad de Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, estoy concluyendo una visita oficial a Argentina que comenzó...

Make a wish for Human Rights

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06 Dec 2011

What would you wish for? The UN Human Rights office launches its very own Mash Up video as part of its social media campaign launched to celebrate Human Rights on its 10 December birthday. The Mash Up video is there to inspire and help you make a choice.