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Experts call for end to global epidemic of femicide
Saturday, 24 November 2018, 12:01 pm | UNHCHR
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2018 Experts call for end to global epidemic of femicide GENEVA (23 November 2018) – In a joint statement issued ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of ... More >>
30 Articles of the UDHR - Article 14: Right to Asylum
Saturday, 24 November 2018, 12:00 pm | UNHCHR
Article 14: Right to Asylum In 1950, two years after the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), it created the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The agency was to have three years to help the ... More >>
30 Articles of the UDHR - Article 13: Freedom of Movement
Friday, 23 November 2018, 10:21 am | UNHCHR
30 Articles of the UDHR - Article 13: Freedom of Movement Article 13: Freedom of Movement After the collapse of the Siad Barre regime in Somalia in 1991, conflict and drought forced more than 15 percent of the country’s entire population from ... More >>
States have legal obligations on climate change
Friday, 23 November 2018, 10:19 am | UNHCHR
GENEVA (22 November 2018) – Ahead of a crucial climate change meeting next month, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has sent an open letter to all States warning that “human rights are under threat from a force which challenges ... More >>
Legal changes and climate of hatred threaten migrants
Thursday, 22 November 2018, 10:07 am | UNHCHR
GENEVA (21 November 2018) – Italy’s proposed tightening of immigration rules will have a serious impact on migrants’ lives, and are of grave concern, UN human rights experts* said today, urging the Government to reverse course. More >>
30 Articles of the UDHR - Article 12: Right to Privacy
Thursday, 22 November 2018, 10:06 am | UNHCHR
30 Articles of the UDHR - Article 12: Right to Privacy Article 12: Right to Privacy Should schools use cameras in the classroom to monitor children’s faces and determine whether they are paying attention? Would you use free WiFi at a street kiosk if you ... More >>
Article 8: Right to Remedy
Sunday, 18 November 2018, 12:33 pm | UNHCHR
The pledge of effective remedy for everyone, found in Article 8, is an intrinsic – if all too often neglected – part of the system of providing justice. “True peace is not merely the absence of war, it is the presence of justice,” said Jane ... More >>
Armenia: UN human rights expert lauds peaceful transition
Saturday, 17 November 2018, 1:32 pm | UNHCHR
YEREVAN (16 November 2018) – A UN human rights expert has praised this year’s peaceful transition of power in Armenia, and urged the country’s new leadership to stay the course in pursuing a strengthened democratic system based on human rights, ... More >>
Poverty expert says UK policies inflict unnecessary misery
Saturday, 17 November 2018, 1:31 pm | UNHCHR
UN poverty expert says UK policies inflict unnecessary misery LONDON (16 November, 2018) – The UK Government’s policies and drastic cuts to social support are entrenching high levels of poverty and inflicting unnecessary misery in one of the richest countries ... More >>
Article 7: Right to Equality Before the Law
Saturday, 17 November 2018, 1:30 pm | UNHCHR
At the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century, women in many industrialized countries fought for the right to vote. “Therenever will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers,” said U.S. ... More >>
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70
Sunday, 11 November 2018, 12:40 pm | UNHCHR
The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is – obviously – a document about human rights. So why is dignity listed before rights in Article 1? More >>
Bachelet on Yemen
Sunday, 11 November 2018, 12:37 pm | UNHCHR
Bachelet urges States with the power and influence to end starvation, killing of civilians in Yemen More >>
Liberia must prevent torture
Saturday, 3 November 2018, 12:19 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA/MONROVIA (2 November 2018) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) completed today its second visit to Liberia. The visit, which took place from 29 October to 2 November, focused on the implementation of the recommendations ... More >>
Bachelet: Tanzania has duty to protect
Saturday, 3 November 2018, 12:17 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (2 November 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm at the statement by the Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam that a committee will be put in place to track and arrest gay people, and ... More >>
Neo-Nazism and nationalist populism fuel hatred
Friday, 2 November 2018, 10:01 am | UNHCHR
NEW YORK (1 November 2018) – Social media and other digital platforms are being used to disseminate hate speech and incite violence, as well as to recruit, network and fundraise for Neo-Nazi and other extremist groups, a UN expert on racism said. More >>
UN Human Rights Committee on the ‘right to life’
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 9:11 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (1 November 2018) — The UN Human Rights Committee, which monitors implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, today published a new general comment : a comprehensive text providing legal guidance on article 6, the ... More >>
UN expert calls on Security Council to address trafficking
Saturday, 27 October 2018, 12:35 pm | UNHCHR
NEW YORK (26 October 2018) – The UN Security Council should ensure women take a greater part in peace building processes as a way to prevent human trafficking and tackle exploitation before, during and after conflicts, a UN expert says. More >>
Protect the human rights of Central American migrants
Saturday, 27 October 2018, 12:35 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (26 October 2018) — States of transit and destination have an obligation to protect the human rights of Central American migrants regardless of their migration status, said two UN expert committees on human rights. More >>
Open data initiatives must factor in privacy rights
Saturday, 27 October 2018, 12:34 pm | UNHCHR
NEW YORK (26 October 2018) - A UN human rights expert has urged the state and private sectors to review and discontinue some of the ways they currently share information stored on computer networks – known as open data initiatives – saying people’s ... More >>
Mass expulsions from Angola
Friday, 26 October 2018, 10:07 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (26 October 2018) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday warned that the mass deportation of Congolese nationals from Angola has already resulted in serious human rights violations by security forces on both sides ... More >>
