UN Human Rights Council. Jürg Lauber of Switzerland elected President of the Human Rights Council for 2025 Human Rights The Human Rights Council has elected Ambassador Jürg Lauber, […]
UN calls for greater support for families in all their diversity
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Independent UN experts: repressions intensify in Belarus ahead of presidential elections
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UN High Commissioner: Human Rights Are Our Struggle Against Unrestricted Power
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The world is losing $16 million an hour due to the climate crisis.
.The climate crisis has a direct impact on human rights. The world is losing $16 million an hour due to the climate crisis Climate and Environment Between 2000 […]
Human rights activist from Russia will head the UN Group of Experts on Human Rights in Belarus
The capital of Belarus is Minsk, Victory Square. Human rights activist from Russia will head the UN Group of Experts on Human Rights in Belarus Human rights Human […]
Afghanistan: UN expert calls for using the international criminal system to combat the oppression of women in the country
The expert recommended that states accept the concept of “gender apartheid” and support its codification, as Afghan women argue that this term best describes their situation. Afghanistan: UN […]
OHCHR report: “a campaign of violence and repression” continues in Belarus
Protest in Minsk in August 2020. OHCHR report: “a campaign of violence and repression” continues in Belarus Human Rights In 2023, thousands of Belarusian citizens were subjected to […]
Report of the UN Independent Expert: Minors and the Entertainment Industry
Given the global nature of the entertainment industry, its challenges are not limited to one geographic region. Report of the UN Independent Expert: Minors and the Entertainment Industry […]
Turk at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council: the “bloodbath” in Gaza must stop
Many schools in Gaza were destroyed by direct attacks. Turk at a meeting of the UN Human Rights Council: the “bloodbath” in Gaza must stop Human rights The […]