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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein warned of "no significant improvement" on official requests for access to Syria.
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Syria’s Aleppo residents “waiting for death”:UN rights chief

30 November 2016
General News

Concerns for the people of the Syrian city of Aleppo are greater than ever, where embattled residents say they are “waiting for death”, the UN Human Rights Chief has warned.

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Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, addressing the UN General Assembly Seventy-first session 10th plenary meeting General Debate.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

Zimbabwe: probe ongoing for missing activist Itai Dzamara

3 November 2016
General News

Zimbabwe’s human rights record has been in the spotlight at the UN.

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UN stamps promote the Free & Equal campaign for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

New Independent Expert on LGBT issues a “huge development”

30 June 2016
General News

Activists are hailing the appointment of a UN Independent Expert on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people as a milestone.

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UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Mutuma Ruteere.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

Brexit shows need for politicians to stamp out racism says expert

28 June 2016
General News

Politicians have a responsibility in the wake of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union not to play on people’s fears over migration, causing racist and xenophobic sentiment and hate crimes.

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Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea chairman Mike Smith said the government's denials of human rights abuses did not stand up to scrutiny.
UN Photo/Daniel Johnson

Eritrea “responsible for crimes against humanity”

8 June 2016
General News

Widespread and systematic crimes against humanity have been committed in Eritrea since it gained independence in 1991 for which the perpetrators should face international justice, leading UN human rights investigators said Wednesday.

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Human Rights Council President Choi Kyong-lim said the council still "sheds lights on human rights crises" and helps countries with technical support.
UN Photo/Daniel Johnson

Human Rights Council “as relevant as ever”

8 June 2016
General News

No less than 193 countries are expected in Geneva for the start of the 32nd session of the UN Human Rights Council on Monday; it’s the first time the assembly will have seen all Member States in attendance.

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UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré

As UN Human Rights Council marks 10th anniversary, Ban urges body to increase 'impact'

15 March 2016
Human rights are, sadly, “under attack” worldwide, and the United Nations Human Rights Council must increase its impact on the ground over its second decade, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as the Organization's main human rights body marked the 10th anniversary of its creation.