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Human rights approach needed for internally displaced people’s housing, land and property
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housing

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing: call for contributions on land and the right to housing opened, deadline May 25 2025

The Peace flag at the head of the March
peace

International Day of Living Together in Peace, May 16, 2025

The United Nations pays tribute to victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks during the Memorial and Tribute Ceremony of 2021
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United Nations: a new initiative to support victims and survivors of terrorism

Global Summit photo 2
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climate change

Warning Silence: no update on Valentina Corona Case as Italy debates anti-climate protest measures

Human Rights Council

Italy Announces Candidacy for UN Human Rights Council 2026–2028

"School children in Bogotá, Colombia hold SDG signs"
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First informal interactive dialogue on the implementation of the Pact for the Future

Felipe Neto (on screens and seated left at podium), Communicator and Digital Influencer, speaks during the opening of the commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of World Press Freedom Day on the theme “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human rights”. Seated at right is Kristen Saloomey, Correspondent with Al Jazeera. The event is organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
© UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
freedom of the press

World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2025: free speech in the AI age

President of General Assembly Addresses Opening of 58th session of Human Rights Council
© UN Photo/Jean Marc Ferré
Human Rights Council

Human Rights Council: the 58th Regular Session has been concluded after adopting 32 resolutions

Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) patrol the village of Terekeka.
© UN Photo/Gregório Cunha
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South Sudan: UN Mission urges all parties to respect the peace agreement as the crisis intensifies

“The Allee des Nations with the Flags of Member Countries at United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland”
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International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, 24 April 2025

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artificial intelligence (AI)

AI at a dangerous threshold: An interdisciplinary call for disarmament

Antiwar protest in Aviano
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United Nations: UN Experts criticize Italian Government’s Security Decree

Lieutenant General Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz (facing camera in centre), Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) visits peacekeepers from Indonesia serving with UNIFIL near El Odaisseh Village close to the Blue Line in south Lebanon.
© UN Photo/Pasqual Gorriz
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UN Security Council discusses about peace operation and new challenges

In response to death of Mahsa Amini, London 1 Oct, 2022
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Iran

UN warning on situation in Iran: government intensifies crackdown on women's rights, March 2025

Colombia

United Nations: new Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights and armed violence in Colombia in 2024