UN Experts Urge India to Revise New Anti-Trafficking Bill
India must revise planned new legislation to tackle trafficking in persons to ensure the measures it proposes are in line
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Human Rights
UN Experts to Release Report on Human Rights Violations in Myanmar
United Nations human rights experts have concluded a five-day visit to Bangladesh, where they met newly arrived Rohingya refugees from
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UN Office Stands by Its Report on Human Rights Violations in Kashmir
The UN Human Rights Office has deplored Indian government’s reaction to the first-ever UN human rights report on Kashmir that
Read moreAttack on Press Freedom: Journalist in Tajikistan Sent to Prison
According to the UN Human Rights Office in Central Asia, Mr Khairullo Mirsaidov – a well-known and respected independent journalist
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Youth Challenge: Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water
For this year’s International Youth Day on 12 August 2018, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe
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Sweden Pledges $100 Million for UNESCO Programs
UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay, and the Permanent Delegate of Sweden to UNESCO, Ambassador Annika Markovic, have signed a Programme Cooperation
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