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Statements | HRC , OHCHR
Interactive Dialogue on the interim oral update of the High Commissioner on the situation of human rights in Belarus, at the Human Rights Council's 54th session
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“We deeply regret the Iranian parliament’s passing of the new Chastity and Hijab Bill which vastly increases jail terms and provides for crushing fines on women and girls who do not obey the compulsory dress code. In that context, the Bill also targets vague notions of promotion of “nudity” or...
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Edited News | OHCHR , UNOG
“UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk welcomes the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill in India, which will reserve one third of seats in national and state parliaments for women,” Shamdasani said.
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Edited News | WHO
Increasing violence from armed conflict and intercommunal clashes which have left entire villages burned to the ground in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) along with rampant sexual violence and a cholera outbreak are devastating the lives of millions of people, the World Health...
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Statements | HRC , UNOG
Statement by Paulo Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic
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Press Conferences | FAO , HRC , OHCHR , UNCTAD , WHO , WIPO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by representatives and spokespersons of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the...
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Press Conferences | OHCHR
Situation of human rights in the Russian Federation
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Statements , Conferences | OHCHR , UNOG
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Press Conferences | HRC
Launch of FFM Venezuela’s latest report to the Human Rights Council Venezuela - UN Fact-Finding Mission says attacks on civic and democratic space have intensified, urges new security force, DAET, be monitored to protect rights