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  • Human Rights Day 2014 | HuriTALK “Special Edition”

    Statements & Messages

    • UN Secretary-General’s Message for 2014
    • Statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights
    • UN Special Procedures Mandate Holders Joint Statement: “Climate Change and Human Rights”
    • WHO Assistant Director General’s Statement: “Every woman, every child, every day”

    UN Events and Happenings
    (global, regional and country level)

    Global & Headquarters

    • Marking international observance, UN declares “Every day is Human Rights Day” (UN News Centre)
    • Special Event: Love is a family value: Supporting all families and family members (OHCHR – New York)
    • UN Chief cites equality, non-discrimination as ‘absolutely basic to all human rights’ (OHCHR – New York)
    • Panel Discussion:  Human Rights in public health emergencies and the implementation of the International Health Regulations (WHO – Geneva)
    • UN Joint Statement expresses concern of serious human rights violations affecting migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees traveling by sea (UNCHR, IOM, IMO, UNODC & OHCHR)
    • Consolidating the Right to Food history (FAO – Rome)
    • Lessons From the First Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review: From Commitment to Action on Sexual and Reproductive Health and   Rights  (UNFPA – New York)
    • Social Media Campaign: Human rights matter every day for everyone, everywhere (OHCHR)
    • Beijing+20: Women Human Rights Defenders Campaign Launched on Human Rights Day (OHCHR, UN Women)
    • Health of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) Persons and Human Rights (WHO & Pan American Health Organization – Washington DC)
    Country level

    • Promoting Human Rights in the World’s Most Unstable Region (UNESCO-UNRWA, Jordan)
    • UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and UN Resident Coordinator lead celebration in Uruguay (UNCT Uruguay)
    • Ukraine conflict: upholding the right to health for all (WHO – Ukraine)
    • Panel Discussion: Turkey’s Human Rights Obligations: UN Mechanisms (UNCT Turkey)
    • Publication/Event on Security and Rights to mark International Human Rights Day (UNDP, OHCHR – Kenya)

              Thank you again to those who were able to contribute to this compilation of events and work in celebration of Human Rights Day 2014.  Colleagues who are interested in joining the UN Human Rights Policy network (HuriTALK), and receiving regular updates of the Human Rights work across the UN development system, please send an email to humanrights-talk@groups.undp.org.




News and Events

02/09/2015 - HuriTALK Resource Update | June – July 2015

20/04/2015 - HuriTALK Monthly Resource Update

02/01/2015 - HuriTALK Monthly Resource Update | November-December 2014

19/12/2014 - Human Rights Day 2014 | HuriTALK “Special Edition”

02/10/2014 - HuriTALK Monthly Resource Update | August – September 2014


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Human Rights News

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16/04/2018 - Protect indigenous people’s land rights and the whole world will benefit, UN forum declares

16/04/2018 - Restore ex-President’s right to stand for election, UN expert committee directs Maldives

13/04/2018 - World ‘must nurture the courage to care – and the resolve to act,’ says UN chief, reflecting on 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda

12/04/2018 - UN human rights experts urge Viet Nam not to stifle dissenting voices


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