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Committee on Racial Discrimination discusses online hate speech and absence of extreme parties in dialogue with Iceland

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15 Aug 2019

15 August 2019 - The spread of hate speech online and the relative absence of extreme and far-right parties were among topics broached by Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial...

Wikipedia marathons: editing for rights in Argentina

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Stories

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25 Jul 2019

UN Human Rights is partnering with Wikimedia to promote access to quality information on human rights through Wikipedia. A first event was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, gathering contributors to edit content about women and LGBTI rights.

Myanmar: UN expert 'fears for civilians' after Internet shutdown

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Press releases

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24 Jun 2019

GENEVA (24 June 2019) - The Myanmar Government’s shutdown of mobile data networks in nine townships could have serious implications for human rights and humanitarian monitoring in the conflict areas...

UN experts stress links between digital space and human rights at RightsCon, Tunis

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Press releases

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13 Jun 2019

GENEVA (13 June 2019) – Human rights must be embedded in the design of our digital age, say UN experts* attending RightsCon 2019 in Tunis this week. As the conference on human rights in the digital...

Landmark Session: 'Human Rights Heroes and Villains', RightsCon 2019, Tunis

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Statements

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12 Jun 2019

Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights 12 June 2019 Protocol greetings, Distinguished participants, Colleagues, Friends, I’m delighted to be at RightsCon, and at this...

A/HRC/41/41: Rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association - Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association

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Thematic reports

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17 May 2019

Summary In this report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, aims at presenting an initial overview of the most pressing challenges, which will be...

EU must align copyright reform with international human rights standards, says expert

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News

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11 Mar 2019

GENEVA (11 March 2019) - UN human rights experts David Kaye has urged the European Union to bring its Copyright Directive into line with international standards on freedom of expression. “Europe has a...

UN expert urges DRC to restore internet services

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Press releases

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07 Jan 2019

French GENEVA (7 January 2019) - A United Nations expert has called on the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo to restore internet services in the country. General elections were held on 30...

A/HRC/38/47: Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences on online violence against women and girls from a human rights perspective

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Thematic reports

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18 Jun 2018

Summary In her vision-setting report to the Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, decided to address new challenges brought by online violence against women, including...

Promotion, protection and enjoyment of human rights on the Internet: ways to bridge the gender digital divide from a human rights perspective - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Reports

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05 May 2017