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EAM Jaishankar discusses global Human Rights challenges with UN Rights Chi
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk in Geneva on Thursday and shared India's perspectives on the global human rights situation.
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UN human rights chief calls for victim-centred implementation as Nepal adv
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk has called for victim-centred implementation of new transitional Justice legislation in Nepal ensuring accountability and reconciliation. Issuing a statement, Turk said, "Eighteen years since the end of the decade-long conflict, and after sever
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"Both Israel and Hamas have committed war crimes," says UN rights chief
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Both Hamas and Israel have committed "war crimes" in the past month, the United Nations Human Rights chief Volker Turk said, CNN reported on Thursday.
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UN rights chief Volker Turk condemns Russia's "senseless" war in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has condemned Russia's "senseless" invasion of Ukraine and stressed that the UN body needs to forge a new worldwide consensus on human rights, broadening its base of support, according to the statement released by UN's OHCHR.
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UN rights chief wraps up China visit, urges Beijing to review its counter-
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Guangzhou [China], May 28 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, who concluded her six-day trip to China, on Saturday said that she has urged Beijing to review its counter-terrorism policies.
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UN human rights chief expresses concern over situation of women in Afghani
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 12 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has expressed concern over the situation of women in Afghanistan and said that the women must play an "active role in transforming" the crisis-torn country.
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US asks China to allow UN rights chief 'unhindered' access to Xinjiang
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 11 (ANI): The United States has asked China to provide "unhindered and unsupervised" access to all areas of Xinjiang to United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet, during her visit in May this year.
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UN human rights chief to visit Xinjiang in May
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 9 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is set to visit China in May, including a trip to Xinjiang, after reaching an agreement with Beijing.
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China restricting basic freedoms on pretext of national security, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 27 (ANI): As China continues to impose crackdowns on Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and people of Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday said that Beijing was restricting basic civil and po
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UN seeks access to Uighur camps in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Dec 7 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has sought access to the Uighur camps in China's Xinjiang Province to verify "worrying" reports about human rights violations in the region.
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UN rights chief urges Iran to defuse tension
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Jan 3 (ANI): United Nations Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Iranian authorities to handle the wave of protests that have taken place around the country with great care so as not to further inflame violence and unrest.
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UN rights chief says Trump, other populist politicians follow Islamic Stat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept. 6 (ANI): United Nations human rights chief Zeid Raad al-Hussein in a scathing attack on populist politicians, including United States Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump and Dutch leader Geert Wilders, said that they had similarities to the ideology espoused by th
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