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| Right to participation matters more than ever: UN Secretary-GeneralMeaningful public participation in decision-making is a human right that must be defended and enhanced in the face of pushback, an imperative heightened by crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has told an OHCHR event at the UN General Assembly. 25-09-2020 |
| Victims mount as extreme nationalism fuels racismFrom Montenegro to New Zealand, racist intimidation and violence cast a dark shadow over this year’s global commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. 01-04-2019 |
| Tortured lives after the death penaltyAt the screening of the BBC documentary “Fallout” at the UN in New York, exonerated death row victims narrate their struggles to piece together their broken lives without government compensation or support. 05-02-2019 |
| Still powerful: UDHR at 70In an era of “backlash against human rights,” how can the 70-year-old Universal Declaration of Human Rights help to solve today’s and emerging global challenges? 11-12-2018 |
| Policing human rights in Myanmar UN human rights officers travel the length and breadth of Myanmar to train over 1,000 police officers on the best practices that drive human rights-based policing. 05-02-2016 |
| Join us to mark Human Rights Day on 10 DecemberEvents to mark Human Rights Day in New York include: a symbolic ceremony at the Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island, a panel discussion on the Secretary-General's Human Rights up Front initiative, and a discussion on the economic cost of LGBT exclusion. 02-12-2015 |
| During UN’s busiest week, human rights is focus of many debatesAs the annual gathering of world leaders representing the 193 member states of the United Nations gets under way at UN headquarters in New York, here are the three main human rights related events to follow - on the death penalty, LGBT, and Sustainable Development Goals . All three events take place on Tuesday, 29 September. 23-09-2015 |
| Criticism is no threat to sovereignty“Sovereignty cannot be damaged by carefully evaluated commentary,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, in his opening address to the 30th Session of the Human Rights Council, taking place in Geneva this month. 14-09-2015 |
| ‘Callous’ EU politics on migrants costing lives, UN rights chief warnsFollowing the loss of some 700 lives after a boat carrying migrants sank over the weekend, the UN human rights chief has urged European Union governments to take a “more sophisticated, more courageous and less callous approach” to coping with the flows of migrants towards Europe. 21-04-2015 |
| Doha: At Crime Congress, UN experts cite ‘shift’ as more States move away from death penalty“The world is certainly moving away from the death penalty, in just the way the world moved away from slavery, from judicial torture and from other such practices”, UN Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns said at the Doha Crime Congress special event on the death penalty, recalling that in 1948, only eight States had taken the death penalty out of their laws and now 99 have done so. 14-04-2015 |
| At high-level event, UN officials call for end to death penaltyThe continuing application of capital punishment is a “primitive” practice which has no place in the 21st century, United Nations officials declared today, as they pressed global leaders to set course towards abolishing the death penalty and advancing a more progressive judicial agenda in their respective States. 25-09-2014 |
| Iraq, Syria top priorities for new UN human rights chiefThe new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights addressed the Human Rights Council for the first time. Speaking at the opening of the twenty-seventh session, he talked about a number of current human rights challenges. 09-09-2014 |
| In Vienna, UN human rights official briefs OSCE on UkraineAfter a visit to Ukraine, Assistant-Secretary General for human rights, Ivan Šimonovic, addressed the Permanent Council of Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) at a special session on Ukraine. Here is the text of his statement. 08-09-2014 |
| In Afghanistan, ground combat taking ''devastating civilian toll” UN saysAccording to a new report by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), ground combat among the warring parties surpassed improvised explosive devices (IEDs) as the leading cause of conflict-related death and injury to Afghan civilians in the first six months of 2014. 09-07-2014 |
| Sports stars come out against homophobiaCelebrity athletes join UN leaders and rights activists at a special event co-organized by the UN Human Rights Office on the role of sports in the fight against homophobia. 06-01-2014 |
| 2013 United Nations Human Rights PrizeEvery five years, the UN Human Rights Prize is an award given to individuals and organizations in recognition of outstanding achievement in human rights. 06-12-2013 |
| Vienna+20: A new vision for human rightsThe Vienna+20 high-level event, held at the United Nations in New York, brought together Presidents, Ministers, civil society, the Deputy Secretary-General and, for the first time ever, two former and the current UN Human Rights Chiefs, to reflect on the human rights progress over the past 20 years and the way forward. 26-09-2013 |
| UN taps celebrity power in fight against homophobiaPop singer Ricky Martin and the “Princess of Africa” Yvonne Chaka Chaka stand with UN chief Ban Ki-moon to call for an end to violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. 13-12-2012 |
| UN leads the way on disability rightsGovernment, civil society and United Nations representatives discuss ways to strengthen protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities. 24-09-2012 |
| Born Free and EqualA new publication of the UN Human Rights Office sets out the source and scope of State obligations under international human rights law to protect the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. 14-09-2012 |
| How women's rights treaty serves Jamaican womenJoyce Hewett, representing Jamaican NGOs at the 52nd session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, explains why the work of the Committee is important to women in her country. 03-08-2012 |
| Calls for end to death penaltyWith United Nations member countries set to discuss the abolition of the death penalty later this year, activists and top UN officials call for an end to capital punishment. 03-07-2012 |
| UN officials press for united action to end Syria crisisAmid growing atrocities and little evidence that the Syrian Government is living up to its commitment to stop the ongoing violence, United Nations officials urge the world community to act with one voice to end the crisis. 07-06-2012 |
| Wanted: Human Rights in RioCivil society and UN experts call for an inclusive, just and equitable outcome at the forthcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. 02-05-2012 |
| Rapping silently for equalityUN teams up with Finnish hip-hop artist Signmark to promote the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 18-04-2012 |
| Making a human rights wishJoin United Nations human rights chief, Navi Pillay, and thousands around the world in making a wish for human rights. 06-01-2012 |
| Make a wish for Human RightsWhat would you wish for? The UN Human Rights office launches its very own Mash Up video as part of its social media campaign launched to celebrate Human Rights on its 10 December birthday. The Mash Up video is there to inspire and help you make a choice. 06-12-2011 |
| Human Rights based approach to traffickingThe human rights- based approach to trafficking places the victim at the centre of any credible action to this problem through addressing the root causes and the factors increasing vulnerabilities. 29-11-2011 |
| For children on the streets there are no soft pillowsThe UN Human Rights office convenes experts from many countries in the search for the most effective ways to help children living on the streets whose voices are seldom heard and whose rights are regularly abused with impunity. 17-11-2011 |
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