Spyware and Surveillance: Threats to Privacy and Human Rights Growing, UN Report Warns
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (16 September 2022) – People’s right to privacy is coming under ever greater pressure from the use
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UN Expert Says Contemporary Forms of Slavery Affecting Minority Communities, Urges Action to End Discrimination
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (15 September 2022) –Minority communities in all regions of the world are subjected to contemporary forms of
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UN Report Calls for Urgent Action to Halt Access to Revenue and Arms Supplies by Myanmar Military
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (16 September 2022) – States must do more to cut the Myanmar military’s access to revenue and
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Burundi Must Engage in Credible and Inclusive Democratisation Process, Says UN Expert
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (16 September 2022) – Burundi must engage more effectively in the rule of law and the fight
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Myanmar: UN Experts Urge More Help for Human Rights Defenders in Push for Accountability
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (16 September 2022) – UN experts said today human rights defenders documenting and responding to atrocities by
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Portugal: UN Expert to Assess Environmental Impacts on Human Rights
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (16 September 2022) — The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd,
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[Gyanvapi-Mosque Case] Court Allows Right To Worship, Rejects Anjuman Intezami Committee’s Plea Against Maintainability of Suit; Places Of Worship Act No Bar To Suit
(Judicial Quest News Network) The places of worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 does not operate as a bar on the
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UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to Review Mali, Czech Republic and Uruguay
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (9 September 2022) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) will hold its upcoming session from 12 to 23
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UN Disability Rights Committee Publishes Findings on Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao, New Zealand, Singapore And Ukraine
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA (9 September 2022) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Friday issued its
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Nigeria: UN Expert Calls For More Action to Enhance Progress in Protecting Older Persons
(Special Correspondent) GENEVA/ABUJA (9 September 2022) – Despite commendable progress on legal and policy safeguards for older persons, Nigeria must
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