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Languages must be respected and embraced not excluded: International Mother Language Day
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on advances in artificial intelligence
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Tunisia on Achieving Gender Parity, Ask about Domestic Violence and…
South Sudan’s leaders must end attacks on civilians and prioritise peaceful and just transition, say UN experts
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Slovenia on Women’s Political and Economic Participation, Ask about Roma…
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commends China for Efforts to Reduce Poverty, Asks about Measures to Protect Ethnic Minorities from…
High Commissioner addresses Martin Ennals Award ceremony
Proposed new sea rescue law puts more lives at risk – Türk: Italy
UN experts alarmed by reports of boys taken from Camp Roj by de facto authorities: Syria
UN experts appeal for immediate funding to avert food ration cuts for Rohingya refugees: Bangladesh
Twenty-ninth session of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to take place from 20 to 24 February 2023
Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Welcome Panama’s Planned Increases to the Education Budget, Ask about Measures to…
UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights to visit Argentina
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Mauritania on Advances made in Education for Women, Ask about…
UN expert points to ‘needless suffering’ of leprosy patients: Bangladesh
Over-compliance with unilateral sanctions affects thalassemia patients say UN experts: Iran
UN expert calls for immediate and unhindered access to lifesaving-aid after deadly earthquake: SYRIA
Arrest of perceived political opponents and civil society in Tunisia
UN experts urge President of Zimbabwe to reject bill restricting civic space
Non-governmental Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women’s Rights in Bahrain, Mauritania and Costa Rica
Comment by UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk after shutdown of independent media outlet in Cambodia
UN Commissioners on Human Rights return to South Sudan
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Brands Kehris to visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 13-22 February 2023
UN experts say Israel should be held accountable for acts of ‘domicide’
civilian casualty update 13 February 2023: Ukraine
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Third Session
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk concludes his official visit to Haiti
UN experts: Genuine solidarity with earthquake survivors calls for lifting of sanction-induced restrictions
Rise in extreme gang violence makes for “living nightmare” – Türk: Haiti
UN experts call for new approaches to policing in the United States following deaths of Keenan Anderson and Tyre Nichols
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Praise Norway’s Efforts to Close Gender Gaps in Employment and Education,…
UN expert calls for greater effort to create inclusive societies: Denmark and Greenland
UN Child Rights Committee publishes findings on Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Ireland, Mauritius, New Zealand, Oman and Sweden
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review Panama, China, Portugal, Yemen, Cambodia and Lithuania
Criminalisation of human rights defenders engaged in sea-rescue missions must end, says UN expert: Italy
OHCHR Publications and E-Products Catalogue 2023
Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Commend Georgia on Mechanisms to Advance Women’s Empowerment, Ask about Initiatives…
UN experts concerned about severe curtailment of minority language education: Latvia
Human Rights 75 – Time to transform care and support systems
Türk urges investigation after scores killed in Somalia clashes
Denmark failed to take effective measures against art exhibition curating racist hate speech, UN Committee finds
Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Seif Magango after second journalist killed in Cameroon
Urgent action required to assist those impacted by earthquakes, including a countrywide ceasefire to enable humanitarian access: UN Syria Commission
UN Human Rights chief Volker Türk deplores expulsion of representative from Mali
Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in Hungary, Georgia, Norway and Tunisia
UN expert to visit for human rights assessment: Central African Republic
Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women Opens Eighty-Fourth Session
UN experts alarmed by separation of 1 million Tibetan children from families and forced assimilation at residential schools: China