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Giorgia Meloni, “Religious freedom is not a second-class right”
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Giorgia Meloni, “Religious freedom is not a second-class right”
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Health data, women’s and LGBT rights in spotlight at Human Rights Council
The Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Tlaleng Mofokeng, warned that technology enabled easy sharing of sensitive health data of adolescents, migrants and people whose sexual orientation or health status...
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Record executions, large-scale arrests and detentions: New Iran human rights report
“The overall human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran has markedly deteriorated against the backdrop of continuously worsening socio-economic conditions, aggravated by sanctions and the lingering impact of...
Human Rights
Afghanistan mission chief to Taliban: Bans on women and girls cost you legitimacy at home and abroad
UN Special Representative Roza Otunbayeva was briefing the Security Council on the dire situation facing the country and the international aid effort, with UN women workers among those now prevented by...
Human Rights
Israel-Palestine: UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed by continuing cycle of violence’
Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland was reacting on Twitter to the news of a shooting attack reportedly by two Palestinian gunmen, who opened fire at...
Human Rights
End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres
In his message marking the day, the Secretary-General condemned the use of sexual violence as a tactic of ‘war, torture, and repression’ in the conflicts that affect hundreds of millions...
Human Rights
‘Vital’ human rights cooperation must be above fray of politics: Türk
In his annual review presented to the Human Rights Council, which opened its 53rd regular session on Monday, Mr. Türk insisted that such cooperation was “vital” in a world plagued by...
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Afghanistan: Taliban ‘may be responsible for gender apartheid’ says rights expert
Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed similar concerns on the opening day of the Council’s summer session, adding that the de facto authorities had “dismantled the most...
Human Rights
Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President
Mr. Kőrösi was speaking at an event to commemorate the 2nd International Day for Countering Hate Speech, which is officially observed on 18 June. “It would be my wish that we would not have to observe...
Human Rights
We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speech
Hate speech reinforces discrimination and stigma and is most often aimed at women, refugees and migrants, and minorities. If left unchecked, it can even harm peace and development, as it...