Kurdish Centre for Human Rights
Centre Kurde des Droits de l’Homme
Persian version GENEVA (3 September 2021) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani and repeal his death…
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United Nations General Assembly A/HRC/47/NGO/90 Distr.: General 14 June 2021 Human Rights Council Forty-seventh session 21 June–9 July 2021 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural…
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Turkey’s announcement at the weekend that it was withdrawing from the Istanbul Convention, an important regional human rights treaty on combatting all forms of violence against women, highlights wider concerns…
Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–19 March 2021 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention A/HRC/46/NGO/74 Written statement* submitted by Partners For Transparency, a non-governmental…
46th session of the Human Rights Council – Item 2 – High Commissioner’s Oral Update Statement by Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Distinguished President, I welcome you…
Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–19 March 2021 Agenda item 4 A/HRC/46/NGO/35 Written statement* submitted by Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association, a non- governmental organization in…
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Distinguished President of the Human Rights Council, Madam High Commissioner, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, Human rights are our bloodline; they connect us to one another, as equals. Human rights are…
Human Rights Council Forty-sixth session 22 February–19 March 2021 Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to…
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