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UN expert on human rights defenders to visit Algeria

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24 Nov 2023

GENEVA (24 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, will conduct an official visit to Algeria from 26 November to 5 December 2023. The...

Brazil: Independent UN panel to assess racial justice in the context of law enforcement in awaited visit

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24 Nov 2023

Non-official UN languages: Portuguese Português (Word) GENEVA (24 November 2023) – Members of the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of...

UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Uruguay, Kyrgyzstan, and Sao Tome and Principe

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24 Nov 2023

GENEVA (24 November 2023) - The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) will hold its latest session from 27 November to 8 December...

Committee against Torture Concludes Seventy-Eighth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia

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24 Nov 2023

The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-eighth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia on...

UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati, Slovenia

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24 Nov 2023

GENEVA (24 November 2023) - The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) today issued its findings on Burundi, Costa Rica, Denmark, Egypt, Kiribati and Slovenia, after reviewing the six States parties in...

Climate change, pollution threaten Iraq’s ancient marshes

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24 Nov 2023

A Marsh Arab man looks at a dry ground that was covered with water near Chibayish in southern Iraq © REUTERS

A combination of extreme heatwaves, water scarcity and pollution caused by oil extraction is creating a climate emergency in southern Iraq, where human rights activists like Jassim Al-Asadi are fighting to restore the region’s rich ecosystem.

Armenia: Transitional justice measures key to addressing legacy of human rights violations says UN expert

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24 Nov 2023

YEREVAN (24 November 2024) – A UN human rights expert today urged Armenia to establish comprehensive transitional justice mechanisms to address human rights violations committed in the context of...

Türk addresses International Strategic Communication Summit

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24 Nov 2023

Warm greetings to you all and thank you for the opportunity to address this Summit. It is often said that knowledge – or information – is power. Information drives advances in technology. It shapes...

UN experts on arbitrary detention to visit the Bahamas

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24 Nov 2023

GENEVA (24 November 2023) – The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will conduct an official visit to the Bahamas from 27 November to 8 December 2023 to assess the situation of detention in the...

UN expert on right to privacy to visit Mauritius

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24 Nov 2023

GENEVA (24 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Ana Brian Nougrères will visit Mauritius from 27 November to 4 December. The expert will examine privacy issues in...