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Cambodia: UN experts alarmed by 'naming and shaming' of COVID victims

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11 Dec 2020

Khmer GENEVA (11 December 2020) – UN human rights experts* expressed alarm at the decision by Cambodian authorities to allow the publication of personal information about individuals who have tested...

2020 High Note Global Prize Recipient John Legend

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10 Dec 2020

Illustration reading 2020 High Note Global Prize Recipient John Legend

The High Note Global Initiative celebrates musicians who champion social justice and human rights

First-ever global campaign on LGBTIQ+ youth homelessness

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10 Dec 2020

Colourful illustration featuring human diversity

UN Human Rights has teamed up with Cyndi Lauper and her True Colors United to launch a campaign to bring attention to homeless LGBTIQ+ young people.

World Antimicrobials Awareness Week

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18 Nov 2020

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 18 November 2020 Resistance to anti-microbial medications is one of the top 10 global public health threats , according to WHO...

No one is secure until all of us are secure: UN experts decry COVID vaccine hoarding

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09 Nov 2020

GENEVA (9 November 2020) – UN human rights experts today criticised countries that are trying to monopolise any future vaccine against COVID-19, saying the only way to fight the pandemic is to make...

Statement by Tlaleng MofokengSpecial Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health

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29 Oct 2020

Seventy-five session of the General Assembly Agenda item 72 (a-d): Promotion and protection of human rights New York 29 October 2020 Madam Chair, Excellencies and Delegates, Distinguished persons, I...

Human Rights = Public Health: A Conversation with Michelle BacheletModerated by Guillermo Arduino, Anchor and Correspondent CNN

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06 Oct 2020

Opening statement by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. 6 October 2020 15:00hrs (GVA time) Dear Michelle Williams, Mr Guillermo Arduino, Dear participants, I am...

Statement by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health on the adoption of front-of-package warning labelling to tackle NCDs

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27 Jul 2020

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a major challenge of this century highly rooted on overweight, obesity and unhealthy diets. As part of their right-to-health duties, States should address the diet...

Overuse of biomedical interventions ignores humans emotional complexity, says UN expert

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27 Jul 2020

In his last report to the Human Rights Council, Dainius Puras, Special Rapporteur on the right to health, calls for a human rights-based approach to treating mental distress and an end to the dominance of psychotropic medicines and coercive institutionalisation.

Human Rights Council begins interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to health

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03 Jul 2020

3 July 2020 Concludes Separate Interactive Dialogues with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict The...