Human rights

SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION

OF HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION

High Commissioner for Human Rights Addresses Sub-Commission

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WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS TO MEET IN GENEVA IN LARGEST ANNUAL EVENT

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GENEVA, 16 July (UN Information Service) -- Over 1,000 representatives of indigenous peoples and communities from around the world will join Government delegates, non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies in Geneva from 19 to 23 July for the largest international meeting on indigenous peoples’ rights.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN NOMINATES EXPERTS FOR FACT-FINDING MECHANISMS

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION

Hears Address by New High Commissioner for Human Rights

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Background Release                                         

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO HOLD EIGHTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA 5 - 30 JULY

OCCUPATION, RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MAIN CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,

SAYS UN EXPERT FOLLOWING VISIT TO PALESTINIANTERRITORIES

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ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ESTABLISHES

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOR CÔTE D'IVOIRE

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‘jews everywhere must feel that the United Nations is their home, too,’

Secretary-General tells seminar on anti-semitism

Daylong Programme Is First in Series on ‘Unlearning Intolerance’

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT ON RIGHTS DEFENDERS GRAVELY CONCERNED

OVER RESTRICTION OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION IN BELARUS

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GENEVA, 21 June (UN Information Service) -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders issued the following statement today:

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT WELCOMES KAZAKHSTAN’S OPENNESS TO FURTHER REFORMS

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