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The Special Procedures of @UN_HRC are human rights experts independent from any govt or organization, serving in their individual capacity. #StandUp4HumanRights

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#WorldPressFreedomDay : Freedom of expression and media crucial to tackling climate crisis, -international Freedom of Expression rapporteurs urge countries to protect journalists & environmental & other human rights defenders - for people & the planet.
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The UN expert on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of #HumanRights @AlenaDouhan will visit China 🇨🇳 from 6 to 17 May 2024.
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Child immigration detention violates children’s rights and must be prohibited following adoption of EU migration and asylum pact, UN experts say.
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Have your say! UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls @UN_WGDAWG wants your input. Send your contribution for its upcoming country visit to the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 from 22 to 31 July 2024 🗓️Deadline: 15 June
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#Uruguay 🇺🇾: Draft new law providing for the substitution of custodial sentences for house arrest could have the effect of benefiting persons convicted of crimes against humanity and others, - @WGEID experts warn. .
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Electoral year 2024: UN experts call for strengthening democracy and reversing global erosion of #HumanRights , caused by the rise of authoritarianism worldwide & shrinking civic spaces.
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Have your say! UN Special Rapporteur on health @drtlaleng wants your input. Send your contribution for her upcoming report on harm reduction for sustainable peace and development. 🗓️ Deadline: 27 May
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#Venezuela : UN experts warn of an alarming increase in enforced disappearances ahead of 🇻🇪’s presidential poll. Victims are predominantly members of the main opposition party, as well as the military. @WGEID
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Have your say! UN Special Rapporteur on education @UNSR_Education wants your input. Send your contribution for her upcoming report on human rights-based use of artificial intelligence #AI in education. Deadline: 27 May
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UN @SRtoxics & @SREnvironment call for a human rights-based approach in the draft plastics treaty based on scientific evidence & principles of non-discrimination, equity, transparency, accountability, participation &needs of groups in vulnerable situations
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#Ecuador : UN experts urge for remedy and reparation in ongoing lawsuits for the victims of modern slavery, who suffered harrowing human rights abuses for decades in privately owned abaca plantations in 🇪🇨.
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Have your say! UN Special Rapporteur on racism @dalitwomenrock wants your input. Send your contribution for her upcoming visit to #Brazil 🇧🇷. Deadline: 24 May
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UN experts call for international torture-free trade agreement to prevent & limit the excessive use of force & mistreatment by public authorities, incl. in the context of peaceful protests.
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#USA : UN expert @UNSRVAW concerned about final implementing regulations for Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972, a federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in education programmes or activities that receive federal funding.
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The vote by #Kiribati ’s Parliament to remove High Court judge David Lambourne is a major setback for justice and rule of law - UN expert @SRjudgeslawyers states.
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UN expert @UNSR_Education to visit #USA 🇺🇸 from 29 April to 10 May, to assess strengths and challenges to the right to education.
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#Israel / #Gaza : UN experts demand safe passage for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, whose ships departing #T ürkiye will be carrying 5500 tonnes of humanitarian aid & hundreds of international humanitarian observers to the besieged Gaza Strip.
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"The health system in #Gaza has been completely obliterated and the right to health has been decimated at every level." - UN Special Rapporteur on #health @drtlaleng demands #CeasefireNow at her press briefing @UNgeneva
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"No #Palestinian is safe under Israel’s unfettered control" - says UN expert @FranceskAlbs after her visit to Egypt and Jordan. She repeats her call for an immediate & unconditional #CeasefireNow and sanctions on #Israel to avoid further calamity.
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#Iran : UN experts alarmed by death sentence imposed on rapper & songwriter Toomaj Salehi. They urge authorities in 🇮🇷 to immediately release him & reverse the death sentence. #EndDeathPenalty
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