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UN expert on truth and justice to visit Armenia

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14 Nov 2023

GENEVA (14 November 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli, will conduct an official visit to Armenia from...

UN entities demand immediate release of staff detained in Yemen

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Statements

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Published Date

14 Nov 2023

It has been two years since two staff of UNESCO and the UN Human Rights Office were detained in Sana'a, Yemen. Since then, we have not received information about the reasons for their detention or...

OHCHR Publications and E-Products Catalogue 2023

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Corporate publications

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Published Date

13 Nov 2023

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) produces an extensive range of publications and e-products on a variety of human rights-related subjects. This broad...

CCPR/C/162: Note by the Human Rights Committee on the procedure for follow-up on Views

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Legal standards and guidelines

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Published Date

13 Nov 2023

Cuba’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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Press releases

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10 Nov 2023

GENEVA (10 November 2023) – Cuba’s human rights record will be examined by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Wednesday, 15...

UN expert lauds progress, urges Australia to bridge disparities to protect children from sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse

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Press releases

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10 Nov 2023

GENEVA (10 November 2023) – Commending Australia’s efforts to combat the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, a UN expert today urged the Government to bridge remaining gaps. In a...

“Young people have power:” Climate activist Saoirse Exton

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Stories

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Published Date

10 Nov 2023

Climate activist Saoirse Exton during climate action © Pamela EA

Through Tik Tok, lawsuits and loudspeakers, a growing generation of young human rights defenders are taking the lead on climate action. Saoirse Exton, 18, is the youngest member of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

Disaggregated data to advance the human rights of people of African descent

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Tools and resources

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Published Date

10 Nov 2023

Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Israel and the OPT at a press conference in Amman, Jordan

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Statements and speeches

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Published Date

10 Nov 2023

Sabah al-khair, thank you for coming. I would like to share with you some of what I have seen and heard from Palestinians and Israelis in recent days. I just got off the phone with a colleague of ours...

Uzbekistan must refrain from persecuting defenders of minority rights: UN experts

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Press releases

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Published Date

09 Nov 2023

GENEVA (9 November 2023) – UN experts today expressed deep concern about the arbitrary detention of Uzbek human rights defender, Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, in Uzbekistan, and said he was facing...