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World Humanitarian Day: Statement by Volker Türk

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Colleagues, At the core of humanitarian action and UN work more generally lies compassion, empathy and solidarity. We are driven by a commitment to alleviate human suffering and to protect human...

“Their fighting spirit has stayed with us”

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On 19 August, World Humanitarian Day, UN Human Rights remembers our fallen colleagues, family and friends who lost their lives in the pursuit of human rights, for all of us.

A/HRC/54/71: Facilitating the journey from rhetoric to reality - Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

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The present document contains the report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent prepared pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 51/32. In the report, the Working Group takes stock of its 20 years of work since its establishment in 2002, presents a review of that work and includes conclusions and recommendations on how to address more efficiently the human rights concerns of people of African descent