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UN experts urge Sudan to overturn ‘outrageous conviction’ for indecent dressing

28 August 2015
A group of independent United Nations human rights experts have voiced alarm after a female Sudanese student was sentenced to public flogging and a heavy fine for charges of “indecent dressing,” while another received a hefty fine for the same charges, and urged that the convictions be overturned immediately.
Professor Megan Davis.
UN Radio/Daniel Dickinson

“Dual discrimination” faced by aboriginal women

13 August 2015
General News

Aboriginal women in Australia are facing what has been described by a leading rights advocate as “dual discrimination.”

The indigenous peoples of Australia make up less than 5 per cent of the country’s total population.

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UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

UN experts deplore South Carolina killings, urge measures against racially motivated crimes in US

19 June 2015
In the wake of the 'appalling' attack that left nine African Americans dead at church in South Carolina, a group of UN human rights experts today called for prompt action by authorities in the United States to investigate the hate crimes and urged measures to prevent gun violence affecting the security of African-Americans, their communities and wider society as well.
UNHCR/L. Taylor

Integrated global approach needed to ease plight of Roma – UN rights expert

17 June 2015
Noting that economic, political and social marginalization of Roma communities remains a major issue, a United Nations human rights expert urged thinking outside the “poverty paradigm” and adopting an integrated approach to address their plight.
Catalina Devandas Aguilar, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, briefs journalists on the eighth session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Women with disabilities face many layers of discrimination

11 June 2015
General News

Women with disabilities face higher levels of poverty, violence, forced sterilization and exclusion from schools than other people, according to the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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UN Photo/Logan Abassi

Spotlighting racism, stigma, UN launches International Decade of People of African Descent

10 December 2014
People of African descent still face racism in every country, region and continent of the world, said United Nations General Assembly President Sam Kutesa as the word body today kicked off its International Decade of People of African Descent.
IRIN/Helen Blakesley

UN rights chief calls for greater protection for Albinos after barbaric killing in Tanzania

15 May 2014
The barbaric murder of a woman with albinism in Tanzania has prompted the United Nations human rights chief to call for greater protection for this “exceptionally vulnerable” community.
UN Photo/Tobin Jones

Enduring legacy of Nelson Mandela can guide efforts to end racism, UN says on International Day

21 March 2014
To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the United Nations is calling on the world, especially political, civil and religious leaders, to draw strength from the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela, who waged a lifelong battle against prejudice and messages and ideas based on racism, racial superiority or hatred.
Leena Patel/UN Women

UN rights experts call for stronger protection of victims of caste-based discrimination

24 May 2013
More than 260 million people across the world are still victims of human rights abuses due to caste-based discrimination, United Nations independent experts warned today, urging South Asian countries to strengthen legislation to protect them.
UNAIDS

Countries must repeal laws that discriminate against LGBT individuals – UN officials

17 May 2013
Marking the International Day Against Homophobia, United Nations officials today issued a call on Governments worldwide to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and strike laws that discriminate against them.