#Brazil 🇧🇷: Systemic impunity & economic interests are killing #HumanRights defenders, warns Mary Lawlor UN Special Rapporteur HRDs, urging authorities to prioritise the demarcation & titling of land which often underlie these attacks.

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#Lesotho 🇱🇸: UN expert UN Independent Expert on Albinism calls for removal of barriers to the rights of people with #albinism , incl. addressing stigma & discrimination.
Concrete measures crucial for improved quality of life & life expectancy.

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UN Independent Expert Graeme Reid wants your input. Send your contribution for his upcoming report on electoral participation and sexual orientation and #GenderIdentity .

Deadline: 25 April
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#Malaysia 🇲🇾: UN experts call for urgent measures to address dire situation of Bangladeshi migrants and urge Malaysian authorities to protect them from exploitation, criminalisation & other #HumanRights abuses.

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#Cambodia : UN experts urge the Government of 🇰🇭 to end all acts of harassment and prosecution against #HumanRights defenders and civil society activists.

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UN expert Margaret Satterthwaite calls on #Guatemala 🇬🇹 to “seize the opportunity” to appoint exemplary judges for top courts. Independent & impartial tribunals are crucial for upholding #HumanRights & the rule of law.

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#Denmark & #Greenland : UN expert calls for strengthening social cohesion and international solidarity to enable and empower everyone to fully enjoy their #HumanRights .

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UN experts condemn callous #Israeli attacks on educational infrastructure, cultural heritage sites and libraries in #Gaza . “The foundations of Palestinian society are being reduced to rubble, their history is being erased.”

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Have your say! UN Special Rapporteur Mama Fatima Singhateh wants your input. Send your contribution for her upcoming report on existing and emerging sexually exploitative practices against children in the #digital environment including #AI .

Deadline: 15 May
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⚠️Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls, UN WG on discrimination against women and girls, Mama Fatima Singhateh & Alice J Edwards UN Special Rapporteur Torture urge the Gov't of the #Gambia 🇬🇲 to uphold the ban on female genital mutilation - one of the most harmful forms of violence against women & girls with devastating physical & mental effects.

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UN experts condemn the destruction of judicial infrastructure in #Gaza including the Palestine Bar Association HQ and court buildings; call for protection of judges and lawyers in #Israel

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UN experts urge #Israel and #Iran to de-escalate conflict to protect #HumanRights , emphasizing that retaliatory military attacks violate the right to life and must cease immediately.

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UN Special Rapporteur SREnvironment will conduct a country visit to the #Maldives 🇲🇻from 16 to 25 April 2024, to assess the impact of the #ClimateCrisis on this small island state.

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'Systematic and widespread destruction of housing & civilian infrastructure represents a crime against humanity' : UN experts condemn #Israel ’s purported use of Artificial Intelligence #AI in #Gaza ' #domicide ' and urge reparative rebuilding

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📢LAST CALL!
The @WGBIzHRs kindly reminds all interested that the Call for session proposals for the 13th #UNForumBHR is still open till 19 April 2024.
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#BosniaHerzegovina 🇧🇦: The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of peaceful assembly and association UN Special Rapporteur Freedom of Association will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina from 14 to 22 April 2024.

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At United Nations Human Rights Council, UN Independent Expert Marc Yao Agbetse presented his latest assessment of the situation of #HumanRights in Central African Republic 🇨🇫 with particular emphasis on the situation of women & girls. #HRC55

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I am organising three virtual consultations to receive input for my two reports:
1) Climate justice: Loss and damage
2) Right to development of children and future generations
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🇬🇲The #Gambia : UN WG on discrimination against women and girls, Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls, CEDAW,
MESECVI-OEA CEVI, and ASRWHR are alarmed by ongoing discussions on overturning the ban on female genital mutilation. We recall that FGM is a human rights violation. We call on the Gov. to maintain the ban on FGM.