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On day 13 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and amid rising numbers of civilian casualties, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday repeated her ceasefire call, with humanitarians on the…
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Illustration by Molly Crabapple/Amnesty International By Shyamal Sinha On September 1, 2018 Michelle Bachelet assumed her functions as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Office of the…
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The Belarusian Government’s continuing crackdown on political opponents, civil society, journalists and lawyers has seen the fundamental human rights of tens of thousands violated, with no sign of any of…
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Equality between women and men is one of the values of the European Union. It is written into the Union’s founding treaties. And it is a goal the European Institute…
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The scheduled work of the UN Human Rights Council was halted temporarily on Monday as Member States were called to vote on a request from Ukraine to hold an urgent…
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While 11 of the Council’s 15 members voted in favour of the text, China India, and the United Arab Emirates abstained. A ‘no’ vote from any one of the five…
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24 february, 5h58 Hours after diplomats took the floor at the General Assembly to deplore Russia’s actions toward Ukraine and appeal for diplomacy, Mr. Guterres said that instead of repeating…
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Independent UN experts expressed deep concern on Tuesday over allegations that human rights defenders have been threatened at the Polish-Belarusian border, including media workers and interpreters.
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The importance of aligning the EU with human rights has been a topic of discussion of varied intensity for a long time. The need for it is obvious today but…
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The EU has a legal obligation of acceding to the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) and has since 2019 resumed the accession process to the Convention system of the…
