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Combatting hate speech is a shared responsibility: UN General Assembly President

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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 this day. It would...
Human Rights

End ‘digital divide’ to support victims of sexual violence: Guterres

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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 of people around the...
Human Rights

We must work together to reign in ‘toxic and destructive’ hate speech

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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 lays the ground for...
Ahmadiyya

UK Bar Council raises concern over treatment of Ahmadi Muslim lawyers in Pakistan

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The Bar Council is profoundly concerned by recent announcements in parts of Pakistan that Ahmadi Muslims lawyers must renounce their religion in order to practise at the Bar. Both the District Bar Association of...
Health

The electric chair, psychiatric electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and the death penalty

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On 6 August 1890, a form of execution called the electric chair was used for the first time in the United States. The first person executed was William Kemmler. Nine years later, in 1899,...
Human Rights

Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy

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Duty to rescue people in distressIn a joint statement, refugee agency UNHCR and migration agency IOM, said that the duty to rescue people in distress at sea without delay was a “fundamental” rule of...
Human Rights

Türk calls for action to enable ‘equal and meaningful’ participation of women in public life

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“Patriarchy must be a thing of the past. Our future depends on women and girls being at the table everywhere when decisions are made,” said Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.Only...
Human Rights

First Person: ‘We want to be included’

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Nicholas Herd is a campaigner for L’Arche Canada, part of international non-profit organization working towards the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities.He is participating in the UN Conference of States Parties to the Convention on...
Human Rights

‘Inclusion is strength’ stresses UN, marking Albinism Awareness Day

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Persons with the condition – which is caused by a lack of melanin pigmentation, affecting skin, hair and eye colour - continue to face an uphill battle to attain a life with dignity and...
Human Rights

Progress on disability rights risks going in reverse: Guterres

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Addressing a conference to take stock of action since the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 17 years ago, he urged countries to “do much, much better” to...
Human Rights

UNHCR calls for concerted action as forced displacement hits new high

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The agency’s flagship annual report, Global Trends in Forced Displacement 2022, found that by the end of 2022, the number of people displaced by war, persecution, violence, and human rights abuses stood at a...
Human Rights

One in every 10 children works – instead of going to school

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On Monday’s World Day against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) shared these staggering numbers as a reminder of the urgent need to end this practice. ILO’s Director-General Gilbert Houngbo said that for the...
Human Rights

Initiative to enhance crucial role of women in countering hate speech launched

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The bold new plan is being released a few days ahead of the second UN-stipulated International Day for Countering Hate Speech. The Plan of Action for Women in Communities to Counter Hate Speech and Prevent...
Human Rights

From the Field: UN human rights officers on the frontline in Somalia

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Every day, UN human...
Human Rights

Sudan crisis still having devastating impact on civilians: UN rights office

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“We are concerned by the continued devastating impact of the fighting in Sudan on civilians,” Spokesperson Jeremy Laurence told journalists in Geneva.  The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and military rival, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF),...
Human Rights

Ukraine flood disaster: needs grow as long-term impacts loom

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Speaking to journalists from Bilozerka, a town on the Dnipro River about 20 kilometres west of Kherson and five kilometres from the frontline, Ms. Brown, the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, said that on Friday,...
Bahai

Arrests and hate speech target Baha’i minority in Yemen

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OHCHR said that on 25 May, security forces stormed a peaceful meeting of Baha’is in Sana’a. Seventeen people, including five women, were taken to an unknown location, and all but one, are still being...
Human Rights

Peacekeepers to be repatriated following allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse

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Following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, a unit of 60 Tanzanian peacekeepers based in the Central African Republic, is to be repatriated.
Human Rights

Bangladesh must suspend plans to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar: Rights expert

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Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, insisted that current conditions there were “anything but conducive” for the return of Rohingya refugees. Death trap He stressed that the very...
Human Rights

Draft NY state law a ‘golden opportunity’ to ensure fair debt relief

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Olivier de Schutter, Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, and Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, have welcomed the proposed New York Taxpayer and International Debt Crises Prevention...
America

Argentina, a yoga school in the eye of a media cyclone

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Since last summer, the Buenos Aires Yoga School (BAYS) has been pilloried by Argentinian media outlets which have published over 370 news and articles vilifying the school for allegedly trafficking in people for sexual...
Human Rights

Human rights for all, still ‘work in progress’ warns Türk

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The UN human rights office, OHCHR, and its mandate has become a powerful vehicle for change, progress, dignity, and justice, yet “this is far from enough to meet today’s challenges”, UN High Commissioner for...
Human Rights

Haiti: UN deeply saddened as latest earthquake kills three, in wake of floods

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The 5.5 magnitude quake struck in the department of Grand’Anse, following torrential rains which have displaced more than 13,000 people. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life, destruction of property and suffering of...
Europe

National leadership structures are critical parts of an effective anti-trafficking strategy

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National leadership structures are critical parts of an effective anti-trafficking strategy, say participants at annual anti-trafficking meeting
Human Rights

First Person: ‘Born fighting’ for rights of Black Brazilians

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Organized under the theme, Realizing the dream: A UN declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent, the Permanent Forum heard from experts and leaders...
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