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Measures taken to implement Human Rights Council resolution 9/8 and obstacles to its implementation, including recommendations for further improving the effectiveness of, harmonizing and reforming the treaty body system - Report of the Secretary-General
Commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the 161st Anniversary of the Fundamental Covenant "Ahd El Aman" (1857)
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Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Tunis, 13 June 2019 Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, It is an honour to conduct my first travel to Arab region as...
A/HRC/41/40/Add.1: Global and national activities under the twentieth anniversary of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
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Summary The present addendum, submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 32/11, provides an overview of the activities envisaged and so far undertaken under the “GP20” multi-stakeholder...
Human Rights Council holds general debate on follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action
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Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 18 March 2019 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. In...
70th anniversary of the UDHR at the UN General Assembly
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73rd session of the General Assembly Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and of the 25th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action...
Still powerful: UDHR at 70
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In an era of “backlash against human rights,” how can the 70-year-old Universal Declaration of Human Rights help to solve today’s and emerging global challenges?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles - Article 30
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Spanish Article 30: Rights are Inalienable A judge at the European Court of Human Rights, Elisabet Fura-Sandström, was asked which of the rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles - Article 29
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Spanish Article 29: Duty to Your Community So far, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) has concentrated on rights that every person has simply by virtue of being born human. Now Article...
Nelson Mandela, Albertina Sisulu, and the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: From Struggle Icons to Human Rights Activists to Hope for South Africa and the World
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Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Johannesburg, 7 December 2018 Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, Sawubona . I am so very happy to be among you in this very...