The Special Procedures of @UN_HRC are human rights experts independent from any govt or organisation, serving in their individual capacity. #StandUp4HumanRights
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📢 Your input matters!
🌍 We are seeking contributions to our 2027 thematic report on #ClimateChange and the Rights of Women and Girls.
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❗️ Deadline for submissions: 31 October 2026
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100 years after the 1926 Slavery Convention, 50m people still live in #ModernSlavery.
In Bangkok, @UN_SPExperts, @OHCHRAsia, @UNODC_SEAP, @ILO, @EUinThailand & @KLMSchwarz join stakeholders to turn commitments into stronger laws.
A century on, it’s time to act.
#PROTECT
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I condemn disinformation campaigns & attempts to undermine the credibility of the UN human rights system, including @UN_SPExperts mandate holders.
Criticism & debate are legitimate & necessary; efforts to intimidate, discredit, or even sanction, are not.
They are unacceptable. - UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk
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We welcome US federal court’s interim order suspending sanctions imposed by US Government on Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory @FranceskAlbs. Sanctions against her and @IntlCrimCourt judges & prosecutors for carrying out their work are unacceptable and should be rescinded. The essential work they are mandated to carry out should be respected and protected.
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On this International Day of Education, #EducationDay, I echo a message I hear from children and young people around the world: education cannot be something that is merely delivered to us. It must be co-created with us!
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Together with UN human rights experts, I call on Iranian authorities to halt the execution of Goli Kouhkan, a 25-year-old Baluch domestic violence survivor scheduled for December 2025.
Kouhkan—an undocumented Baluch woman—entered into a forced marriage at age 12, gave birth at 13, and endured years of physical and psychological abuse. In 2018, after her husband beat both her and their 5-year-old son, a confrontation resulted in his death. Iranian courts sentenced her to qisas (retribution-in-kind). The victim's family will only spare her life for 10 billion tomans (USD 90,000) - an impossible sum for an undocumented Baluch woman rejected by her family.
Goli Kouhkan is a survivor of domestic violence and a victim of the justice system. Her execution would represent a profound injustice. The State would be killing a woman who endured years of gender-based violence while defending herself and her child.
Between 2010-2024, at least 241 women were executed in Iran - the majority having killed abusive husbands or partners, often in self-defence.
Goli Kouhkan’s case starkly illustrates how gender discrimination and ethnic marginalisation intersect to create devastating injustice.
Press release: ohchr.org/en/press-releases/…
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RECAP at #ACHPR85 today - WGEID joined forces with @achpr_cadhp Chair Commissioner Sow at a side event on "Enforced Disappearances in the Context of the defence of Land, Natural Resources, and the Environment" breaking down how the @WGEID study can support CSO & HRDs advocacy
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Earlier today #AnaLorenaDelgadilloPerez gave a statement on “Enforced disappearances in the context of the defense of land, natural resources and environment” at #ACHPR85OS under Item 4: Situation on human rights in Africa
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#ACHPR85 #AddisAbabaroadmap
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#Peru: UN experts & Committee on Enforced Disappearances are appalled by a new law that grants amnesty to security forces for crimes committed in 1980-2000.
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Special @RapporteurUN Tom Andrews was at the Thai-Myanmar border when a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit #Myanmar on 28 March 2025.
"But instead of prioritizing the saving of lives, the junta has chosen to use aid as a weapon," he told the @UN Human Rights Council.
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#IndigenousPeoples have the right to promote, develop and maintain their own juridical systems or customs, in accordance with international human rights standards, says @SRjudgeslawyers Margaret Satterthwaite in her latest report to the @UN Human Rights Council.
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"Unless governments are wise enough to take bold actions to combat poverty by investing in social protection, they will have to deal with major crises resulting from the impacts of climate change," @srpoverty @DeSchutterO warned the @UN Human Rights Council.
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Millions of people are criminalized & persecuted simply for claiming their rights to safe drinking water & sanitation.
"We must listen to them," @SRWatSan told the @UN Human Rights Council, expressing hope that the #UNWaterConference in 2026 will address their issues.
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Despite the recent release of Siarhei Tsikhanouski (@tsikhanouski_s) and others, #Belarus still has one of the largest per capita populations of political prisoners in the world, the new Special Rapporteur on Belarus, Nils Muižnieks, told the @UN Human Rights Council.
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"Ten years ago, #Burundi entered a serious political crisis," said the Special Rapporteur for human rights in the country, Fortuné Gaetan Zongo.
@RS_Burundi updated the @UN Human Rights Council on the current situation in the country which continues to raise concerns.
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In 2024, at least 1.2 million people were displaced by crime-related violence. More than double the figure for 2023.
State responses are often weak or complicit, Special Rapporteur @PaulaGaviriaB told the @UN Human Rights Council, urging them to invest in accountability.
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Human trafficking in the domestic work sector remains prevalent, and particularly affects women, @smullallylaw warned the @UN Human Rights Council.
She calls on States to act urgently to remedy the abuses and to ensure accountability and access to justice for victims.
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