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OHCHR: New #FightRacism campaign - Learn, Speak up, Act!

UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021
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UN Report: Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021

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

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SR on Climate Change – NHRIs Roundtable Consultation, registration deadline 21 June

A woman harvests rice and maize on a community farm in Viet Nam.
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World Environment Day 2022: Only One Earth

A woman with handcuff in a dark room of a prison
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UN experts urge the government of Singapore immediate end capital punishment

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UN response to the latest restrictions towards women and girls in Afghanistan

UN General Assembly mandates meeting in wake of any Security Council veto
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UN General Assembly mandates meeting in wake of any Security Council veto

Women and girls in South Sudan are experiencing conflict-related sexual violence
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UN report: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls in South Sudan

Sergiy Kyslytsya, Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations.
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UN General Assembly suspends Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council

Families in Tong Ping displaced persons settlement carry their newly received non food items back to where they're staying.
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peace operations

The difficulties of international organisations in achieving peace: the case of South Sudan

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

A young migrant from Darfur waits to reach England from Calais, France.
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OHCHR: UK border reform bill increases the risk of serious human rights violations

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

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21 March: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination