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Article 17: Right to Own Property
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 10:12 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Australia’s aboriginal people have no written language, so they pass their heritage along through ceremonies and story-telling. As elders recite, others often draw icons in the sand, depicting beliefs, events and life-giving places where water and food ... More >>
Article 11: Presumption of Innocence & International Crimes
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10:47 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
At first glance, Article 11 says that every human being is innocent until proven guilty, a fundamental element of fair trials and the rule of law, and a concept everyone can understand. But dig a little deeper into this Article, and we uncover a fascinating ... More >>
30 Articles of the UDHR - Article 10: Right to a Fair Trial
Tuesday, 20 November 2018, 10:36 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
In the U.S. state of Maryland in 1984, an anonymous woman called police to identify a man shown in a police sketch of a suspect: Kirk Bloodsworth. The former Marine, then 22, was promptly arrested for the gruesome rape and murder of a nine-year-old ... More >>
Freedom from Arbitrary Detention
Monday, 19 November 2018, 11:15 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Can you get locked up for being a poet? Yes, in the Soviet Union in 1964. Joseph Brodsky, now considered one of Russia’s greatest poets,was hauled into court in Leningrad, accused of being “a pseudo-poet in velveteen trousers” – specifically ... More >>
30 Articles of the UDHR - Article 5: Freedom from Torture
Thursday, 15 November 2018, 3:22 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
There is one absolute prohibition in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) that is universally accepted as unequivocal: Article 5’s ban on torture. At times, states may have disputed the definition of what constitutes torture, but virtually ... More >>
30 Articles - Article 3: Right to Life
Tuesday, 13 November 2018, 4:56 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The first six words of this short article are at the heart of global attempts to end the death penalty. If it enshrines the right to life, abolitionists argue, how can state-sponsored killing be justified? As South African Anglican Bishop Desmond ... More >>
30 Articles - Article 2: Freedom from Discrimination
Tuesday, 13 November 2018, 4:54 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Article 2 states that everyone is entitled to all the freedoms listed in the UDHR, “without distinction of any kind such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.” ... More >>
70th anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Wednesday, 7 November 2018, 11:44 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The UN Human Rights Office on Tuesday announced the start, in mid-November, of “a month of activation,” involving events all across the world, leading up to the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the iconic Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... More >>
Saudi Arabia urged to reveal all it knows about Khasoggi
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, 8:54 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Two weeks after the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged the Governments of Saudi Arabia and Turkey to reveal everything they know about the disappearance and possible extra-judicial ... More >>
Bachelet's first address to the UN Human Rights Council
Monday, 10 September 2018, 8:07 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to the 39th session of the Human Rights Council More >>
OHCHR MoU with Pacific Islands Development Forum
Saturday, 1 September 2018, 4:30 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
OHCHR MoU with Pacific Islands Development Forum will result in greater focus on human rights in work towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals More >>
Nicaragua: Human rights crisis demands action
Thursday, 30 August 2018, 11:06 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (29 August 2018) – Urgent action is needed to address the human rights crisis in Nicaragua, where the level of persecution is such that many of those who participated in the protests that erupted in April, defended protesters’ rights or simply expressed ... More >>
UN Committee presses Saudi Arabia to protect children
Tuesday, 28 August 2018, 1:49 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (27 August 2018) – Saudi Arabia must respect international humanitarian law and international human rights law, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child asserted following airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on ... More >>
Zeid on the dynamic, irreplaceable Kofi Annan
Sunday, 19 August 2018, 12:38 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on the dynamic, irreplaceable Kofi Annan More >>
Committee on Enforced Disappearances registers case 500
Thursday, 14 June 2018, 10:37 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (June 12, 2018) — They were having a family dinner at home when security forces entered the house, handcuffed him and took him away. When the family now asks the authorities where he is, they always get the same reply: “we do not know.” More >>
UN experts urge Israel not to deport Omar Shakir
Saturday, 19 May 2018, 12:40 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (18 May 2018) – UN human rights experts* have called on the Government of Israel to rescind its decision of 7 May to cancel the work permit of Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director for Human Rights Watch, who is based in Jerusalem. More >>
Zeid on Gaza
Saturday, 19 May 2018, 12:39 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein to the UN Human Rights Council Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem ... More >>
Philippines: experts voice concern at “terrorist” list
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 10:00 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (May 14, 2018) – Indigenous peoples and human rights defenders must be removed from a list of more than 600 individuals alleged to be affiliated with “terrorist organizations,” the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination said ... More >>
Honduras: Human rights defenders at serious risk
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 9:57 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA / TEGUCIGALPA (11 May 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, has ended a visit to Honduras saying strong, urgent action is needed to ensure protection for those who defend the rights of others. More >>
Statement on Israel by the CERD
Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 9:44 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (May 14, 2018) — At the conclusion of its 95th Session, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued the following Statement : More >>
