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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...
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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...
Human Rights

Omar Harfouch denounces state anti-Semitism in Lebanon

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Omar Harfouch, leader of the initiative ‘Third Lebanese Republic’ and anti-corruption fighter, has denounced the anti-Semitic decision of the Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, to cancel the Lebanese State’s contract with French lawyers seeking to recover the Lebanese funds looted by the political class, passed illegally and hidden in European banks, recently frozen, because one of the lawyers belonged to the Jewish religion.
Interview

Turkey, Physical and sexual violence by police against 100+ Ahmadi asylum-seekers

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On 24 May, over 100 members of the Ahmadi Religion – women, children and elderly people – from seven Muslim-majority countries, where they are considered heretics, presented themselves at the Turkish-Bulgarian border to lodge...
Human Rights

315,000 grave violations against children in conflict over 18 years: UNICEF

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The UN-verified figures were reported by the agency as States, donors and the humanitarian community meet in Norway, for the Oslo Conference on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict. The 315,000 incidents were recorded in more than...
Human Rights

Regulation essential to curb AI for surveillance, disinformation: rights experts

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In a statement on Friday, the experts said that emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence-based biometric surveillance systems, are increasingly being used “in sensitive contexts”, without individuals’ knowledge or consent ‘Urgent red lines’ must be drawn “Urgent and...
Human Rights

Ukraine: Over 1,500 children killed or injured, concern rises over forced transfers

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Russian attacks overnight, killed three people – including the girl’s mother – and wounded 11 others, according to news reports. It followed a reported 17 strikes on the capital during May, and the fourth...
Human Rights

UN in Bangladesh decries devastating new round of rations cuts for Rohingya refugees

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The cuts will reduce the value of rations provided to Rohingya refugees to $8 per month, or 27 cents per day. At the beginning of the year, refugees were receiving a ration of $12 per...
Human Rights

UNAIDS celebrates Pride Month, demands decriminalization worldwide

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Pride Month provides an opportunity to celebrate the resilience, diversity, and achievements of LGBTQI individuals, UNAIDS said in a press release, while also reflecting on continuing struggle for full equality, dignity and recognition. This momentous...
Europe

Expert: ECHR article not in line with international human rights standards

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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe hearing with experts held last week looked into the discriminatory ideology at the root of why the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) limits the right...
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Who Was Witold Pilecki? a WWII Hero with a meeting room at the EU Parliament

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Witold Pilecki's story is one of courage and sacrifice, and a meeting room of the European Parliament has just been inaugurated with his name, 75 years after being executed by Stalin. President of the...
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