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Press release in support of women's right to a positive work environment and for government to take workplace sexual harassment cases more seriously
women

Strong-Women Leadership in Africa: How women parliamentarians are changing the policy making in Uganda

Man during Beirut protests with a flag from Lebanon
human rights defenders (HRDs)

In Lebanon, People are taking back what belongs to them: Unity, Rights, public Spaces

The flags of the 193 UN Member States fly at the Palais des Nations, seat of the UN Office at Geneva, after completion of the renovation of the entrance path to the Palais, known as “Allée des drapeaux” (meaning "Flags Way").
© UN Photo
human rights

United Nations: budget shortfalls seriously undermine the work of the Human Rights Treaty bodies

Cover of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' (ODIHR) “Guidelines on Promoting the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities”
© ODIHR
human rights

ODIHR: Guidelines on Promoting the Political Participation of Persons with Disabilities have been published

Campaign Logo with "50th Anniversary of the Human Rights Covenants"
economic, social and cultural rights

United Nations: remarks by the Deputy secretary-general on the anniversary of the two Covenants, New York, 19 November 2016

Panoramic photo of the building headquarters of the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France.
© Consiglio d'Europa
Italy

European Court of Human Rights: disenfranchisement of convicted prisoners provided for under Italian law does not violate the ECHR