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DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA - DECEMBER 02: Injured people, including children, are brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for treatment after an Israeli attack following the humanitarian pause between Israel and Palestinian resistance group Hamas in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on December 02, 2023. Ali Jadallah / Anadolu (Photo by Ali Jadallah / ANADOLU / Anadolu via AFP)

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03 December 2023

Palestine

Gaza: Unbearable suffering of civilians demands end to violence – Türk

Suamhirs Piraino-Guzman and his service dog (right), sitting for a conversation with UN High Commissioner Volker Türk, 29 November 2023, Geneva, Swizterland © OHCHR/Philippe Liondjo

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Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

01 December 2023

Human trafficking

Trafficking survivor wants to “make human rights mainstream”

Winners of the 2023 Human Rights Prize. © OHCHR

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01 December 2023

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Human Right 75 – Meet the Winners!

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30 November 2023

Türk calls for attentive governance of artificial intelligence risks, focusing on people’s rights

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29 November 2023

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

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02 August 2023

Human Rights 75

Human Rights 75: Activity updates from the ground

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A gay rights activist marches with a placard during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk

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30 November 2023

Russia: UN Human Rights Chief deplores Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw “LGBT movement”

People carry their belongings as they flee their neighbourhood Carrefour Feuilless after gangs took over, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti August 15, 2023. © REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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28 November 2023

Haiti

Haiti: UN report says gang violence spreading, urges speedy deployment of multinational security mission

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28 November 2023

Burkina Faso

Comment by UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Seif Magango after at least 40 civilians killed by JNIM in Burkina Faso

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01 December 2023

UN experts urge shift towards human rights economy to prevent contemporary forms of slavery

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01 December 2023

Persons with disabilities

Armed conflict puts human rights of people with disabilities and all civilians in peril: UN experts

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30 November 2023

Fossils fuels at the heart of the planetary environmental crisis: UN experts

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30 November 2023

Argentina: UN committee welcomes friendly settlement with domestic violence victim

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30 November 2023

Philippines

UN torture prevention body to visit Philippines

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29 November 2023

UN torture prevention body plans to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greece, Honduras, and Nigeria in 2024

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24 November 2023

Brazil

Brazil: Independent UN panel to assess racial justice in the context of law enforcement in awaited visit

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10 November 2023

Universal Periodic Review

Cuba’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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09 November 2023

Cameroon’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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HR75 Spotlight: Fighting to save the marshes

Climate change is threatening a rich ecosystem and its people in Iraq

Türk calls for attentive governance of artificial intelligence risks, focusing on people’s rights

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

Human Rights 75: Activity updates from the ground

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UN experts urge shift towards human rights economy to prevent contemporary forms of slavery

Armed conflict puts human rights of people with disabilities and all civilians in peril: UN experts

Fossils fuels at the heart of the planetary environmental crisis: UN experts

Treaty Bodies

Argentina: UN committee welcomes friendly settlement with domestic violence victim

UN torture prevention body to visit Philippines

UN torture prevention body plans to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greece, Honduras, and Nigeria in 2024

Human Rights Council

Brazil: Independent UN panel to assess racial justice in the context of law enforcement in awaited visit

Cuba’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

Cameroon’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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HR75 Spotlight: Fighting to save the marshes

Climate change is threatening a rich ecosystem and its people in Iraq

Türk calls for attentive governance of artificial intelligence risks, focusing on people’s rights

Situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

Human Rights 75: Activity updates from the ground

Promoting and protecting human rights for all

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UN Human Rights Office

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UN experts urge shift towards human rights economy to prevent contemporary forms of slavery

Armed conflict puts human rights of people with disabilities and all civilians in peril: UN experts

Fossils fuels at the heart of the planetary environmental crisis: UN experts

Treaty Bodies

Argentina: UN committee welcomes friendly settlement with domestic violence victim

UN torture prevention body to visit Philippines

UN torture prevention body plans to visit Democratic Republic of the Congo, Greece, Honduras, and Nigeria in 2024

Human Rights Council

Brazil: Independent UN panel to assess racial justice in the context of law enforcement in awaited visit

Cuba’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

Cameroon’s human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review

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UN Human Rights Appeal 2023

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