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UN expert calls on Mongolia to adopt law protecting human rights defenders

12/1/2020

Press Releases

Mongolia

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders

Human rights defenders

E F S R C A

Building back better: People with disabilities have vital role

12/1/2020

Press Releases

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
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 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
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Independent expert older persons
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People s Republic of Korea
Sp. Rapporteur on toxic wastes
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on violence against women
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Independent Expert on Mali

Disability
Right to development
Right to drinking water
Cultural rights
Education
Environment
Women
Violence against women
Discrimination
Women rights
Leprosy
Extreme poverty
Minorities
Albinism
Right to food
Independence of judiciary
Migration and Human Rights
Human rights defenders
Terrorism
Older persons
Torture and inhuman treatment
Health
Traffic in persons
Trafficking
Slavery
Toxic waste
Adequate housing
International Order
Sale of children

E F S R C A

Governments must do more to prevent slavery and exploitation during COVID-19 pandemic

11/30/2020

Press Releases

Occupied Palestinian Territory
Somalia
Myanmar
Mali

Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Independent expert on Somalia
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Sp. Rapporteur on toxic wastes
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Independent Expert on Mali
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Special Rapporteur on internally displaced persons
Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
WG on Disappearances
Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights
Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls
Committee against Torture
Committee on Enforced Disappearance
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
WG on Arbitrary Detention
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Committee on Migrant Workers
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Special Rapporteur on Minorities Issues

Slavery
Traffic in persons
Racism and racial discrimination
International Order
Summary or arbitrary executions
Independence of judiciary
Right to development
Toxic waste
Migrant workers
Leprosy
Extreme poverty
Education
Children rights
Environment
Mercenaries
Right to drinking water
Health
Terrorism
Torture and inhuman treatment
Internally displaced persons
Sexual orientation and gender identity
Transnational corporations
Albinism
Disability
Enforced or involuntary disappearances
Cultural rights
Women rights
Women
Arbitrary detention
Migration and Human Rights
Sale of children
Minorities

E F S R C A

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani on Papua and West Papua, Indonesia

11/30/2020

Press Releases

Indonesia

High Commissioner for Human Rights

E F S R C A

Iraq: UN Committee urges end to impunity for enforced disappearances

11/27/2020

Press Releases

Iraq

Committee on Enforced Disappearance

Enforced or involuntary disappearances

E F S R C A

UN experts call for release of Egyptian human rights defenders jailed after meeting diplomats

11/27/2020

Press Releases

Egypt

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Sp. Rapporteur on freedom of expression
WG on Disappearances
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions

Human rights defenders
Freedom of association
Terrorism
Torture and inhuman treatment
Freedom of opinion and expression
Enforced or involuntary disappearances
Health
Summary or arbitrary executions

E F S R C A

UN Committee issues recommendations to combat racial profiling

11/26/2020

Press Releases

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Discrimination

E F S R C A

Committee on Enforced Disappearances closes nineteenth session

11/25/2020

Press Releases

Committee on Enforced Disappearance

E F S R C A

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Liz Throssell on Trinidad and Tobago’s deportation of 25 Venezuelans, including 16 children

11/25/2020

Press Releases

Trinidad and Tobago

High Commissioner for Human Rights

E F S R C A

Cambodia: UN expert alarmed by reports of mass trial of activists

11/25/2020

Press Releases

Cambodia

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia

E F S R C A

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