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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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India abstains on UN resolution to probe Iran's 'human rights violations'
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Taking to Twitter, United Nations Human Right Council said, "At its 35th special session, the @UN Human Rights Council decided to create a new fact-finding mission to investigate "alleged #HumanRightsViolations in the Islamic Republic of #Iran related to the protests that began on 16 Septemb
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to represent India in the Universal Periodi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will be heading the Indian delegation to the 41st Session of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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UN rights body abandons Uyghurs, votes not to discuss China's abuse: Repor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 12 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) rejected the bid by the US and European countries to debate rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China.
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'Intrinsic to our foreign policy, India prefers another approach to issue"
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): After India abstained on Thursday from voting on a UN Human Rights Council resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang, experts called this 'intrinsic' to foreign policy and that New Delhi would prefer another approach
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India abstains from voting in UNHRC over holding debate on rights situatio
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): India on Thursday abstained from voting on a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on holding a debate on the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang.
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UNHRC adopts resolution over Sri Lanka's rights situation, India abstains
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 6 (ANI): While abstaining to vote on the UNHRC draft resolution on human rights in Sri Lanka, India on Thursday said it has always been guided by two fundamental principles -- "support to the aspirations of the Tamils for equality" and "peace and sovereignty of
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51st UNHRC: China tries to meddle over Dalai Lama's reincarnation
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): China at an event held on the sidelines of the 51st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council tried to meddle in choosing the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama.
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Activist Shuib Lone at UNHRC highlights issue of cross-border terrorism in
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 4 (ANI): Activist Shuib Lone has highlighted the issue of cross-border terrorism in Kashmir, at a United Nations Human Rights Council event.
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China's representative to UN invites people to visit Xinjiang over human r
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 28 (ANI): Concerned over the impact of the recent report of United Nations Human Rights on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region on the country's economy, the permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva invited peop
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World does not need lessons on democracy, human rights from Pakistan: Indi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Slamming Pakistan for atrocities against its minorities, India said that the world does not need lessons on democracy and human rights from a country whose contribution to the globalisation of terror is unparalleled.
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China's economic clout forces African countries to turn blind eye to Xinji
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], September 27 (ANI): While the recent report of United Nations Human Rights on China's treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region has brought global condemnation, most of the African countries were silent on it due to Beijing's heavy e
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