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Ian Fry, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters.
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University of Padova International Conference Keynote Speaker: UN Special Rapporteur on the promotions and protection of rights in the context of climate change

A group of hands in the air, one of those is holding a bill. In the background there is the writing "Business and Human rights".
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OHCHR: UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment presented recommendations regarding due diligence and businesses

Human Rights Council
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human rights defenders (HRDs)

United Nations Special Rapporteurs: Communications on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders and the Independence of Judges and Lawyers in Italy 2022

Diritti umani, PFAS e salute: un tema transdisciplinare. Riflessioni, Centro di Ateneo per i Diritti Umani dell’Università di Padova
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Human rights, PFAS and health: a transdisciplinary issue. Thoughts, University of Padova, 20 May 2022

UN expert: States should ensure accountability, transparency and access to sites of secret detention
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UN expert: States should ensure accountability, transparency and access to sites of secret detention

UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal
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UN expert: Spatial segregation continues to undermine human rights

Throughout 2003, the Government of Israel continued the planning and construction of the separation wall in the West Bank.
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United Nations: Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli settlements should be classified as war crimes, says UN expert

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Human Rights Council: building better policies will break the cycles of poverty and inequality

Covid - 19
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Domestic violence in the context of COVID-19 lockdowns

A sea rescue by the Sea-Watch team
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United Nations independent experts sent a letter to the Italian Government condemning a draft law by Italian Interior Minister to fine migrant rescuers

Abandoned migrant boats lie lifeless opposite the port of Lampedusa, Italy, an island which experiences frequent migration from nearby North Africa. Boats like this one are dumped on wasteland once they are recovered by the Italian Coast Guard.
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United Nations Human Rights Experts call Italy for urgent measures to protect migrant workers of the informal settlement of San Ferdinando in Calabria

Women human rights defenders in an illustration by Illustration by artist María María Acha-Kutscher
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United Nations: the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders dedicates his annual report to women human rights defenders

Michel Forst, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights Defenders
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Human Rights Defenders: the UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst has published the World Report

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, letter to world leaders entitled "They should have known better"
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A letter from the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to world leaders

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples
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United Nations: the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples published the report on her visit to Mexico