#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 Alena Douhan 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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UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls UN WG on discrimination against women and girls 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, - UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances 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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UN Special Rapporteur on health Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng 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.

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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 Marcos A Orellana & 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 spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/…

#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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UN Special Rapporteur on racism Ashwini K.P 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 Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls 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 Margaret Satterthwaite 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 #Türkiye 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 Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng demands #CeasefireNow at her press briefing @UNgeneva

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'No #Palestinian is safe under Israel’s unfettered control' - says UN expert Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt 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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