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High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls on States that Have Not Yet Done So to Establish Moratoriums on the Death Penalty and Work Towards its Abolition
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The Human Rights Council this morning held its biennial high-level panel discussion on the question of the death penalty. The theme of this year’s panel was “ Human rights violations relating to the...
UN expert on Indigenous Peoples’ rights to visit Canada
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GENEVA (28 February 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Calí Tzay, will conduct an official visit to Canada from 1 to 10 March 2023. The UN expert...
HC Commissioner Türk asks States to "powerfully strengthen" efforts to realise the right to development
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High-level meeting commemorating the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Declaration on the Right to Development Mr. President, Distinguished Delegates Colleagues and Friends, This year is studded with...
UN women’s rights committee publishes findings on Bahrain, Costa Rica, Georgia, Hungary, Mauritania, Norway, Slovenia and Tunisia
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GENEVA (28 February 2023) - The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) today issued its findings on Bahrain, Costa Rica, Georgia, Hungary, Mauritania, Norway, Slovenia...
Against All Odds: The Making of a Lenca Youth Leader
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In Honduras and across Central America, young people are fleeing violence and poverty and heading north towards the United States. Some, like 23-year-old Diego Rafael Osorto, an artist and activist of Lenca descent, decide to stay – to try to change things from within.
Argentina must uphold human rights protections in business activities even amid economic crisis: UN experts
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GENEVA / BUENOS AIRES (28 February 2023) – Even amidst a macroeconomic crisis, Argentina has an obligation to ensure respect for human rights in the context of business activities, UN experts said...
Dominican Republic: UN expert to assess human rights of older persons
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GENEVA (28 February 2023) – The UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Claudia Mahler, will visit the Dominican Republic from 28 February to 10 March 2023. “The...
High Commissioner Türk urges abolition of the death penalty
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Biennial High-Level Panel Discussion on the Question of the Death Penalty Theme: Human rights violations relating to the use of the death penalty, in particular with respect to limiting the death...