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Racial discrimination against persons fleeing from the armed conflict in Ukraine

3/17/2022

Statements/Messages

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Children rights
Disability

E F S R C A

Comprehensive, inclusive and universal COVID-19 human rights policies urgently needed - UN Treaty Bodies’ statement on Human Rights Day

12/10/2021

Statements/Messages

Committee against Torture
Committee on Enforced Disappearance
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Committee on Migrant Workers
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Human Rights Committee

Coronavirus disease 2019

E F S R C A

Statement by Mikiko Otani Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child at the 76th session of the General Assembly

10/7/2021

Statements/Messages

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Children rights

E F S R C A

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child commits to a new General Comment on Children’s Rights and the Environment with a Special Focus on Climate Change

6/4/2021

Statements/Messages

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Children

E F S R C A

The right to freedom of religion or belief and the right to live free from violence and discrimination based on SOGI are both built on a promise of human freedom

5/14/2021

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Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Independent expert on Somalia
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Committee against Torture
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Independent expert older persons
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

Sexual orientation and gender identity
Religious intolerance
Mercenaries
Right to drinking water
Cultural rights
Education
Environment
Indigenous peoples
Leprosy
Minorities
Right to food
Independence of judiciary
Internally displaced persons
Freedom of opinion and expression
Human rights defenders
Older persons
Torture and inhuman treatment
Traffic in persons
Health
Terrorism
Slavery
Human Rights and International Solidarity
Disability
Truth justice and reparation
International Order
Violence against women
Summary or arbitrary executions
Arbitrary detention
Freedom of association
Transnational corporations

E F S R C A

Our Future, Our Voice
Placing children and their rights at the centre of the drive towards a better, greener world

11/25/2020

Statements/Messages

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Committee on the Rights of the Child

Children rights

E F S R C A

COVID-19: The suffering and resilience of LGBT persons must be visible and inform the actions of States

5/14/2020

Statements/Messages

Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues
Independent expert on Somalia
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to food
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
WG on Arbitrary Detention
WG on Disappearances
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea
Sp. Rapporteur on use of mercenaries
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Independent expert older persons
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Independent Expert on Mali

Sexual orientation and gender identity
Children
Children rights
Racism and racial discrimination
Cultural rights
Education
Environment
Summary or arbitrary executions
Privacy
Leprosy
Extreme poverty
Disability
Minorities
Albinism
Right to food
Independence of judiciary
Traffic in persons
Migration and Human Rights
Arbitrary detention
Enforced or involuntary disappearances
Right to drinking water
Internally displaced persons
Freedom of opinion and expression
Mercenaries
Human rights defenders
Older persons
Torture and inhuman treatment
Business and human rights
Terrorism
Freedom of association
Slavery
Human Rights and International Solidarity
Health
Adequate housing
African Descent
International Order
Religious intolerance
Violence against women
Sale of children
Women

E F S R C A

Exhibition on "30 years of children’s rights – Where we are and where we want to be"

9/16/2019

Statements/Messages

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Committee on the Rights of the Child

Children rights

E F S R C A

Opening Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet at the 80th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

1/14/2019

Statements/Messages

High Commissioner for Human Rights
Committee on the Rights of the Child

Human rights
Children rights
Children

E F S R C A

Committee on the Rights of the Child, Day of General Discussion "Children as Human Rights Defenders"

9/28/2018

Statements/Messages

Committee on the Rights of the Child
High Commissioner for Human Rights
Women's rights and gender

Women human rights defenders

E F S R C A

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