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Tunisia human rights situation
Edited News | OHCHR
Volker Türk calls on Tunisia to uphold rule of law and democratic freedoms, following pre-electoral context marred by human rights concerns
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called on the Tunisian authorities to protect the country’s democratic...
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Edited News | UNHCR , UNICEF , OHCHR
With no let-up to the ongoing Israel-Lebanon conflict, the UN human rights office on Tuesday called for an independent probe into an Israeli airstrike that hit an apartment block in northern Lebanon a day earlier that left a reported 22 dead.
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Press Conferences | UNECE , UNDP , UNHCR , IFRC , OHCHR , FAO , WFP , ICRC
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the United Nations Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Health Organization, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
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Statements | HRC
Adoption of resolution L.8 to extend the mandate of the independent international fact-finding mission on Venezuela at the 57th session of the Human Rights Council
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Edited News | OHCHR , WHO
Amid reports of intensifying Israeli bombing in Lebanon and Gaza overnight and continuing Hezbollah rocket fire into Israel, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for an end to the “killing, destruction [and] bellicose posturing” by those in power.
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Press Conferences | UNHCR , OHCHR , WHO , UNICEF , OCHA , UNCTAD
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and United Nations Trade and Development.
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Statements | HRC
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopts a resolution to extend the mandate of Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation
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Statements | HRC
The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopts a resolution extending the mandate of the independent international fact-finding mission (FFM) for the Sudan for one year
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Edited News | OHCHR
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk updates the Human Rights Council in Geneva on the situation in Haiti
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Edited News | HRC
Volker Türk, Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l'Homme au sujet de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC)
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Statements | HRC
Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner for Human Rights' oral update on the findings in the report of OHCHR on the situation of human rights in Ukraine at the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council.
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Edited News | WFP , OHCHR
UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear that what happened in Gaza may befall them, too.
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Press Conferences | HRC , WTO , WFP , WHO , WMO
Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired a hybrid briefing, which was attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Meteorological Organization, and the Human Rights Council.