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United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Volker Türk presents the Human Rights Appeal 2025

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United Nations

Zero Discrimination Day: We Stand Together, 1 march 2025

EU Flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels.
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European Union

Council of the European Union: conclusions on EU priorities for UN human rights forums in 2025 adopted

A wide view of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, as Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses the Parliament at its 60th anniversary commemoration of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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European Parliament

European Parliament: adopted resolutions on human rights violations in Turkey, Nicaragua and Nigeria

Bangladesh

OHCHR: serious human rights violations during protests in Bangladesh

Fu Cong, Permanent Representative of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations and President of the Security Council for the month of February, chairs the Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine. This was the 9867th meeting, and it immediately followed the 9866th meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.
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Security Council

United Nations: Security Council Debate on Multilateralism and Global Governance

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citizenship

The Constitutional Court rules on the admissibility of five referenda, including the citizenship referendum

Smokestack of a factory that is in operation in New Jersey emitting smoke into the atmosphere.
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economic and social justice

World Day of Social Justice, February 20, 2025: the importance of a just transition to address climate change and an unsustainable economic system

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privacy

The Guarantor for Privacy: whoever uses spy softwares such as “Graphite” risks tough sanctions

The Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) 2025 Annual Conference
NHRI

Call for Papers: 2025 AHRI Conference “Protecting Human Rights from Global Organized Crime”

Money. Euros and coins.
poverty

Oxfam: The unjust poverty and unearned wealth

human rights

Human Rights Watch: published the World Report 2025 on human rights situation globally

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Human Rights Council

United States reevaluate their commitment to the UN Human Rights Council

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enforced disappearances

CEDI: the first World Congress on Enforced Disappearances lays the foundation for a unified response towards the eradication of this human rights violation

Students of the European Master "Human Rights and Democratisation"
university

Call for applications for the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) 2025/2026 is now open