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UN Report on the situation for Human Rights Defenders in Pacific Islands

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The UN released a report this month analysing the environment in which Human Rights Defenders operate in the Pacific islands…
• 22nd Apr 2022

Discussing Indigenous Child Human Rights Defenders at UNICEF event

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Yesterday, the mandate participated in the first meeting of a UNICEF community of practice on Indigenous Children’s Rights, regarding indigenous…
• 7th Apr 2022
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What I’m hearing from defenders of the rights of LGBT people in Poland

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Last week I launched the campaign “Diversity in Adversity” with Polish Human Rights Defender (HRD) Bart Staszewski. Bart’s case is…
• 5th Apr 2022

Global Citizen campaign to end extreme poverty

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Last week Global Citizen ran a story on quotes from various international public figures, as part of their “end extreme…
• 4th Apr 2022

Guest Blog: Key LGBT NGO facing liquidation in Russia

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What follows is a guest blog by the Human Rights Defender Svetlana Zakharova. On March 29, one of the district…
• 25th Mar 2022
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UN experts issue joint statement on defenders of LGBT people’s rights

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Dublin/Washington DC – Wednesday March 23, 2022: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Defenders of the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans…
• 24th Mar 2022

مقابلتي الأسبوع الماضي مع قناة الجزيرة تناقش وضع المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان في أوكرانيا

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مقابلتي الأسبوع الماضي مع قناة الجزيرة تناقش وضع المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان في أوكرانيا https://mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/Y2wlRnzW6h
• 22nd Mar 2022
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet visits Kabul, Afghanistan

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The following is a statement made by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, following her visit to Kabul,…
• 11th Mar 2022
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New UN Report on Belarus details scale and patterns of human rights violations committed with impunity

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GENEVA (9 March 2022) – The fundamental human rights of tens of thousands of people in Belarus have been violated…
• 9th Mar 2022
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Ukrainian Human Rights Defenders Update UN Special Rapporteur Mary Lawlor on their Responses to Invasion

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Dublin, Thursday March 3, 2022: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement from UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor: This…
• 3rd Mar 2022

Statement by daughter of Natalya Estemirova on impunity for mother’s killing

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– Statement made on 28 February 2022 – Dear Committee Members, My name is Lana Estemirova, I am the daughter…
• 2nd Mar 2022

Previous UN Special Procedures’ action on Yu Wensheng’s case

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Photo: OMCT Human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng is due for release on 1 March 2022. He has been imprisoned since…
• 28th Feb 2022