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Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Guinea Bissau must urgently prioritise water and sanitation, says Special Rapporteur

With 80% of the population in coastal areas, addressing aquifer salinisation from rising sea levels is urgent

The Government of Guinea-Bissau must urgently prioritise water and sanitation services if it wants to improve the lives of its population, particularly women and children, a UN expert said today. The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation, Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, made the appeal in…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Mali: United Nations (UN) experts outraged by alleged arbitrary executions of at least ten people

Six men, three women and a two-year-old boy were killed in the Dioura sector (Mopti region) between 2 and 4 January 2025

UN experts* today expressed outrage at the arbitrary executions of at least ten people in Mali, saying the killings may amount to war crimes. “We urge Malian authorities to conduct prompt, effective, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigations into these killings, in accordance with international law,” the experts said. “Those…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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United Nations (UN) torture prevention body welcomes establishment of national preventive mechanisms in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa

The SPT monitors treatment and conditions for people deprived of liberty by conducting unannounced visits to police stations, prisons, psychiatric hospitals, immigration detention centres, drug rehabilitation centres and other places of deprivation of liberty

The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) hails the setting up of the national preventive mechanisms (NPMs) in Benin, Madagascar, Nigeria, and South Africa as a significant step in advancing and fulfilling their obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT). “The OPCAT’s torture prevention architecture is built on the…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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South Sudan’s leaders must avert another deadly crisis and uphold peace agreement, urges United Nations (UN) Commission

The Commission reminds all parties to the Revitalized Agreement, as well as other South Sudanese stakeholders, of their obligations and responsibilities to respect human rights and to invest in completing the transitional processes

The surge in violence in Upper Nile State, escalating political tensions in Juba, and other political intrigues are threatening to derail South Sudan’s Revitalized Peace Agreement and inflict more pain and suffering on citizens, warns the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. The armed confrontations in Nasir, including…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Children in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) endure grave violations under siege, United Nations (UN) Committee warns

More than 6.7 million people, 40% of them children, have been displaced across conflict-affected provinces

Children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are facing an unprecedented catastrophe, enduring grave violations, including summary executions, sexual violence, recruitment and abduction of children by parties to the conflict, the UN Child Rights Committee warned today. The Committee expressed deep concern over the escalating violence in more villages in…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Eighth Regular Session from 24 February to 4 April 2025

Friday, 28 February, will see the conclusion of the discussion on Sudan, followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue on the report of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold its fifty-eighth regular session from 24 February to 4 April 2025 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, starting with its high-level segment from 24 to 26 February, when dignitaries representing more than 100 Member States will address the Council. The session…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Opens Seventy-Seventh Session

The Committee’s seventy-seventh session is being held until 28 February 2025

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its seventy-seventh session. The Committee adopted its agenda and programme of work for the session, during which it is scheduled to review the reports of Croatia, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda and the United Kingdom. Opening the session, Wan-Hea Lee, Chief of…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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United Nations (UN) Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review Croatia, Peru, United Kingdom, Rwanda and Philippines

The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is set to hold its latest session from 10 - 28 February. During the session, the Committee will review Croatia, Peru, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Rwanda, and the Philippines. The five countries are among the 173 States parties…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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United Nations (UN) experts call for urgent humanitarian relief and a political solution to protect civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

The experts called on the M23 to halt further military advances, particularly towards Bukavu where thousands of IDPs have sought refuge

UN experts today expressed grave concern about urgent protection needs and dire living conditions of displaced civilians in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Intensified hostilities between the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group and the armed forces of the DRC, supported by allied militias and mercenary and related actors…

Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
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Civil Society Organizations Brief the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on the Situation of Women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nepal, Belarus and Luxembourg

Committee also Discusses Gender-Inclusive Approaches to Digitisation with the Working Group on Business and Human Rights

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was this afternoon briefed by representatives of civil society organizations on the situation of women’s rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nepal, Belarus and Luxembourg, the reports of which the Committee will review this week. In relation to the…

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