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UN experts call on Governments to adopt urgent measures to protect migrants and trafficked persons in their response to COVID-19

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03 Apr 2020

Spanish GENEVA (3 April 2020) – States worldwide must urgently adopt inclusive measures aimed at protecting migrants and trafficked persons in their national response to COVID-19, such as prevention...

Greece: Rights violations against asylum seekers at Turkey-Greece border must stop – UN Special Rapporteur

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23 Mar 2020

Greek version GENEVA (23 March 2020) – Greece must take immediate action to end the violence against migrants and asylum seekers at the Turkey-Greece border and enhance their protection, a UN human...

COVID-19 will not be stopped without providing safe water to people living in vulnerability – UN experts

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23 Mar 2020

Arabic | Chinese | Russian | Spanish GENEVA (23 March 2020) – As washing hands with soap and clean water is vital in the fight against COVID-19, governments worldwide must provide continuous access to...

Thailand: judicial system abused by business to silence human rights defenders – UN experts

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12 Mar 2020

Thai version GENEVA / BANGKOK (12 March 2020) - A group of UN experts* have condemned the continued misuse of judicial processes by Thai poultry producer Thammakaset to harass and silence human...

International Women’s Day - 8 March 2020“The time to act is now” – UN experts urge men and boys to become women’s rights defenders

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06 Mar 2020

GENEVA (6 March 2020) – A group of UN experts* has called on men around the world to be a part of movements for gender equality and become women´s human rights defenders. "Now more than ever," they...

International Women’s Day Statement by United Nations Human Rights Experts*6 March 2020

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06 Mar 2020

Twenty-five years after the Beijing Fourth World Conference on Women, no country in the world is free from discrimination against women Women's and girls' activism and autonomous movements have been...

Concerns over States contracting private security companies in migration situations

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20 Dec 2019

Human rights experts describe the appalling human rights impacts of the privatisation by certain States in the Americas, Europe and Oceania of different aspects of immigration and border management, notably privately operated immigration detention facilities.

International Migrants Day – 18 December 2019

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17 Dec 2019

States must put human rights at the centre of migration policies and debate, UN experts urge GENEVA (17 December 2019) – States need to place human rights at the core of public policies and debates on...

Time for world leaders to honour 25-year-old promises and renew their commitments on women’s rights, say human rights experts

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11 Nov 2019

GENEVA (11 November 2019) – The international community must prioritise women’s rights to meet the promises and commitments on sexual and reproductive health made at a historic global conference 25...

International Day of the Girl Child,11 October 2019 Agents for change: Girls take up the fight for a better world

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10 Oct 2019

GENEVA (10 October 2019) – On the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, UN human rights experts* have applauded the energy and sense of urgency, as well as courage and intellect, that...