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DRC: UN reports hundreds of human rights violations as security situation in North Kivu deteriorates
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French GENEVA/KINSHASA (19 December 2018) – Hundreds of extrajudicial killings and cases of torture and sexual violence against civilians have been documented during the last two years in North Kivu...
Guatemala: UN experts concerned indigenous leader convicted in retaliation for opposition to Oxec hydro project
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Spanish GENEVA (19 December 2018) – UN rights experts have expressed concerns over the jailing of an indigenous leader and human rights defender in Guatemala following opposition to a hydro-electric...
HRC Inter-sessional meeting
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Oral update on OHCHR findings on the human rights situation in Ukraine by the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights 19 December 2018 Distinguished President, Excellencies...
Joenia Wapixana, winner, 2018 UN Human Rights Prize
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Joenia Wapixana, activist for the rights of indigenous communities in Brazil, is one of the recipients of the 2018 prestigious UN Human Rights Prize.
Parliamentarians promote fairer societies
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Jamila Ksiksi is the first Black woman MP in Tunisian and amongst the first parliamentarians to champion ground-breaking anti-racial discrimination law in her country Tunisia.