Sierra Leone: UN human rights expert sounds alarm on hidden suffering from toxic pollution

FREETOWN / GENEVA (25 August 2017) – People in Sierra Leone are suffering daily exposure to toxic waste and the Government needs to step up its response, a United Nations human rights expert has warned.

UN experts say women’s sexual and reproductive rights integral to mindset-change in tackling gender discrimination in Samoa

GENEVA / APIA (18 August 2017) – Samoa has made huge strides forward in tackling a pervasive issue of gender-based violence, but much more remains to be done to tackle deeply rooted gender discrimination, a United Nations human rights expert panel has has concluded after their first official visit to the Pacific nation.

UN human rights team’s findings indicate patterns of rights violations amid mass protests in Venezuela

Interviews conducted remotely by a UN human rights team paint a picture of widespread and systematic use of excessive force and arbitrary detentions against demonstrators in Venezuela. The team’s findings also indicate patterns of other human rights violations, including violent house raids, torture and ill-treatment of those detained in connection with the protests.

Consejo de Seguridad debate sobre armas de destrucción masiva y actores no estatales

Centro de Noticias de la ONU - Consejo de Seguridad debate sobre armas de destrucción masiva y actores no estatales

CIDH y CorteIDH agradecen a la Asamblea General decisión sobre incremento presupuestario

CIDH y CorteIDH agradecen a la Asamblea General decisión sobre incremento presupuestario

Egypt must halt executions of six men sentenced after unfair trials – UN experts

Egypt must halt executions of six men sentenced after unfair trials – UN experts

Follow a refugee woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo who tries to reunite with her daughters

Follow a refugee woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo who tries to reunite with her daughters

"We are proud to bring this important story to you in 360 degrees. Follow a refugee woman in the Democratic Republic of Congo who tries to reunite with her daughters!"

Consejo de Estado ordena implementar curso de derechos humanos para el Esmad

Consejo de Estado ordena implementar curso de derechos humanos para el Esmad

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REMEMBER PULSE: 49 DAYS OF ACTION

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México en Asamblea de OEA @Caribeafirmativ participa con @raceandequality en reunión de mujeres trans con la relatora de mujer de la CIDH. pic.twitter.com/8jwNJxDnHm

— Caribe Afirmativo (@Caribeafirmativ) June 16, 2017

These posters all over Brooklyn expose the racism in media: https://t.co/8ps2Efa6lz

— W magazine (@wmag) June 16, 2017

We are in #CrownHeights telling NYers that nobody can discriminate against them based on who they are/where they come from #YouHaveRightsNYC pic.twitter.com/M7Zl0TGErC

— NYC Human Rights (@NYCCHR) June 16, 2017