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Volker Türk Must Release Data on Human Rights Work It is essential for the UN Human Rights office to release data about the effectiveness of its work so that its performance could be measured empirically. By Rakesh Raman A United Nations (UN) human rights expert urged Russia in June 2023 to drop criminal charges against Oleg Orlov, a human rights …
Global Campaign Calls for a UN Special Rapporteur on Democracy The democracy rapporteur would be mandated to investigate the state of democracy from a broader perspective. As the UN celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10 December 2023, a global campaign demands the appointment of a dedicated staffer to report on the state of …
UN and UAE Urged to Protect Human Rights Before Climate Conference The petition asks the UAE to take meaningful steps to address the human rights crisis. A slew of civil society organizations has urged the UN, UAE, and state parties to ensure human rights protection before the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference 2023, also known as Conference of Parties …
UN Expert Demands Release of Human Rights Defender Guo Feixiong in China Guo Feixiong is the pen name of Chinese human rights defender and writer Yang Maodong. Chinese authorities can no longer ignore calls for the release of human rights defender Guo Feixiong, whose health has been seriously deteriorating in prison, a UN expert said today (October 18). “Mr. Guo …
UN Human Rights, USCIRF Petition to Protect Human Rights in Manipur I sent a detailed petition to different authorities to seek their intervention for the protection of human rights and right to freedom of religion for people in the Manipur state of India. A part of the petition is given below. To …
NATO Should Attack Russia to Get Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza Released Now it is time for NATO to take some effective steps to help people who are being jailed and tortured by Putin. By Rakesh Raman All the civil efforts by the world community have failed to get Russia’s most famous dissidents – Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza – …