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On the defendants’ bench in Geneva, Iran defends itself and strikes back

The Islamic Republic faced scrutiny on Monday at the Human Rights Council, where two damning reports were presented…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #humanrightscouncil #Iran #MiddleEast #UnitedStates
https://www.newsbeep.com/437769/

#UN high commissioner for #HumanRights, Volker Türk, told the #HumanRightsCouncil that #disabled people in the UK “will be disproportionately affected by planned cuts to health benefits.”

Link to #BigIssue:

https://www.bigissue.com/opinion/universal-credit-benefits-un-special-rapporteurs/

#Israel has committed #genocide in #Gaza, #UN Commission finds | Press Conference, 16 September 2025 by UN #HumanRightsCouncil #yt

https://youtu.be/trUcK8hHaIA

#StopTheGenocide 💚

First ever panel on intersex people’s human rights at the UN Human Rights Council

https://www.oiieurope.org/first-ever-panel-on-intersex-peoples-human-rights-at-the-un-human-rights-council/

Fullfilling the rights of intersex people

https://www.oiieurope.org/fullfilling-the-rights-of-intersex-people/

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Comunidad Internacional Bahá'í - Derechos Humanos
@BahaiBIC_Rights

Gracias a #Albania por mencionar los bahá'ís en #Iran durante la adopción de la #UPR de Irán en el #HumanRightsCouncil.

@BahaiBIC #Bahai #Mexicali #FelizSábado #news

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A digital milestone:

New resolution on human rights defenders and new technologies adopted by the UN Human Rights Council

https://www.apc.org/en/news/digital-milestone-new-resolution-human-rights-defenders-and-new-technologies-adopted-un-human

#HumanRights #HumanRightsCouncil #HumanRightsDefenders

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> .. [There's] a major humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as stressed by numerous UN and independent observers, including the Vatican’s Council for Justice and Peace, whose minister compared this besieged territory to a “big concentration camp,” ... Unlike the #SecurityCouncil, where Israel’s offensive was as always shepherded by ..the United States, the UN #HumanRightsCouncil adopted a resolution “strongly condemn[ing] the ongoing Israeli military operation,”... 🧵

UN Human Rights Council finds Israel guilty of war crimes
UN Human Rights Council finds #Israel GUILTY of #warcrimes: “Israeli authorities are responsible for war crimes... #extermination ... #murder, using #starvation”
Source: https://t.co/8O0xwHPzho
#UN
https://differx.noblogs.org/2024/07/30/un-human-rights-council-finds-israel-guilty-of-war-crimes/
#Palestina #Resistenza #ricostruzioni #Gaza #genocide #HumanRightsCouncil #Palestine #UN #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsHumanRightsCouncil

#UN: #Gender issues, including #womensrights and #LGBTIQ, have infused the summer session at the UN #HumanRightsCouncil. But rising polarisation has made political consensus ever more difficult to achieve. https://genevasolutions.news/human-rights/tug-of-war-over-gender-issues-at-the-human-rights-council?utm_medium=partage-social&utm_source=twitter #queer

In Defense of #FreeExpression & #PeacefulProtest for Palestinian #HumanRights | Side Event at 56th #HumanRightsCouncil (Video)

This #UNHRC side event focused on the clampdown on #FreedomOfAssembly and expression targeting the #PalestineSolidarity movement internationally

https://www.jadaliyya.com/Details/46089/In-Defense-of-Free-Expression--Peaceful-Protest-for-Palestinian-Human-Rights-%E2%80%94-Side-Event-at-56th-Human-Rights-Council-Video
#GazaSolidarity #Palestine #Gaza #Palestinians #StateRepression #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression #StudentProtests #GazaSolidarityEncampments @palestine

UN resolution on Israel's war crimes accountability

The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution calling on Israel to be held accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity it possibly committed in the Gaza Strip.

@palestine
#Gaza
#Israel
#UN
#HumanRightsCouncil
#resolution
#WarCrimes
#CrimesAgainstHumanity

For the First Time, India's Elections Are Under International Scrutiny

That things have come to such a sorry pass is a travesty for India’s electoral democracy, writes M.G. Devasahayam.

#elections2024 #UN #US #germany #HumanRightsCouncil #HumanRights #ArvindKejriwalArrest #AAP #congress #diplomacy #communalism #BJP #india

https://thewire.in/politics/for-the-first-time-indias-elections-are-under-international-scrutiny

#UN rights expert report to call for #Israel #ArmsEmbargo over ‘acts of #genocide’

#SpecialRapporteur will tell #HumanRightsCouncil Israel’s actions ‘reveal an intent to physically destroy #Palestinians as a group’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/25/israel-gaza-un-rights-expert-arms-embargo-genocide
#Palestine #IsraelHamasWar

At the #HumanRightsCouncil with Wafa Bahri, my successor as the Center For Inquiry delegate. #HRC55

"#Russia fails to win back seat on human rights council after #UN vote"

Hah!

Of course China, Kuwait, Indonesia, and Cuba are on it so…
#HumanRightsCouncil
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/10/russia-fails-to-win-back-seat-on-human-rights-council-after-un-vote?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Two weeks to go before the 53rd #HumanRightsCouncil session #HRC53 kicks off. There’s already quite a few reports available: https://www.ohchr.org/en/hr-bodies/hrc/regular-sessions/session53/list-reports

Here’s my social media strategy for this session: post here first, then on my official bird site account, then on the unofficial one. Let’s see how it plays out.

Enforced Disappearances in Canada: Submission to Canada's 4th Universal Periodic Review (#UPR) by the #UN #HumanRightsCouncil. Peacemakers Trust made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council for Canada's fourth UPR scheduled for November 2023. The submission highlights concerns & makes recommendations regarding #Canada’s pattern of failure to ensure effective & timely remedies for enforced or involuntary #disappearances of #Indigenous persons. https://www.peacemakers.ca/publications/Canada.UPR4.2023.EnforcedDisappearance.html

#ForeignAffairs #Minister #MélanieJoly to #announce #Canada’s #bid for a #seat on the #UN #humanrightscouncil pledging to advance issues from #online #speech to #access to #abortion

Advancing #gender #equality, #LGBTQrights, #sexualhealth and #reproductiverights will be another focus of Canada’s candidacy.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #Canada #UnitedNations HumanRightsCouncil https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-joly-to-announce-canadas-bid-for-a-seat-on-the-un-human-rights-council/

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