Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights ( OHCHR)

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About Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a United Nations agency that works to promote and protect the human rights that are guaranteed under international law and stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The office was established by the UN General Assembly on 20 December 1993.

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Fri, 02/18/2022 - 04:49 Central African Republic: All stakeholders must act to end impunity, says UN expert
Wed, 02/16/2022 - 21:19 UN Child Rights Committee issues findings on Madagascar and Netherlands
Wed, 02/16/2022 - 20:00 State of Palestine against Israel: UN Committee sets up ad hoc Conciliation Commission
Wed, 02/16/2022 - 19:35 UN human rights expert Adama Dieng to visit Sudan on 20 February
Mon, 02/14/2022 - 22:30 Poland: Human rights defenders face threats and intimidation at Belarus border UN experts
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 17:45 UN Child Rights Committee to review Madagascar and Netherlands
Fri, 01/28/2022 - 17:07 End shameful leprosy discrimination in law - UN rights expert
Wed, 01/26/2022 - 19:14 Switzerland must urgently confront anti-Black racism - UN experts
Wed, 01/26/2022 - 17:31 South Sudans human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Wed, 01/19/2022 - 04:35 Syrias human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review
Fri, 01/14/2022 - 13:14 UN experts on people of African descent to visit Switzerland
Fri, 01/14/2022 - 11:12 United Kingdom Nationality and Borders Bill undermines rights of victims of trafficking and modern slavery, UN experts say
Thu, 01/13/2022 - 13:02 UN rights experts decry imminent execution of juvenile offender Hossein Shahbazi in Iran
Wed, 01/05/2022 - 00:10 Cambodia: Arrests of strikers may amount to breach of human rights law UN experts
Tue, 12/28/2021 - 02:33 Yemen: Joint statement by OHCHR and UNESCO on two detained staff members
Wed, 12/22/2021 - 18:46 UN experts urge Indian authorities to stop targeting Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez and release him immediately
Wed, 12/22/2021 - 18:45 UN experts condemn secret execution of Kurdish prisoner in Iran
Thu, 12/16/2021 - 15:14 Human Rights Council President Appoints Members of Racial Justice Body
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