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March 25, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Renews Robust Scrutiny over South Sudan

Facilitate Commission’s Work; Advance Justice

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March 23, 2021 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Stay the Course in South Sudan

HRW Statement - Item 10 General Debate

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March 19, 2021 Statement

US should address structural racism with concrete actions

Human Rights Watch Statement - Item 9 General Debate

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March 19, 2021 Statement

Israel’s Discriminatory Vaccine Push Underscores Need for Action

HRW Statement - Item 7 General Debate

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March 17, 2021 Dispatches

Liberia Misleads on Justice at UN Rights Review

President Weah Should Commit to Real Progress, Back War Crimes Court

The 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
March 17, 2021 UPR

Joint Statement for the Adoption of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Liberia

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March 16, 2021 News Release

Sri Lanka: ‘Religious Disharmony’ Order Threatens Minorities

Withdraw Expansion of Notorious Prevention of Terrorism Act

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March 15, 2021 Statement

Russia, Egypt under increasing scrutiny at UN rights body

HRW Statement - Item 4 General Debate

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March 12, 2021 News Release

Condemnation of Egypt’s Abuses at UN Rights Body

Overdue Action is a Step Forward

Egyptian security forces cordon off roads during curfew hours in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 29, 2020
March 12, 2021 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Renew Investigative Mechanism In South Sudan

HRW Statement – Interactive Dialogue with the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.
March 11, 2021 Dispatches

China’s ‘Slanders and Smears’ at UN Human Rights Council

Attacks on Experts Signal Darker Turn

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March 9, 2021 Background Briefing

Submission to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Resolution 43/1

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March 8, 2021 Letter

HRC46: Joint NGO letter addressing human rights crisis in Belarus

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March 3, 2021 Statement

UN rights body should increase attention to Covid abuses, China, Ethiopia

Item 2 - General Debate on the High Commissioner's Report

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February 26, 2021 Dispatches

African Union Shouldn’t Endorse Eritrea for UN Rights Body

Dire Rights Record at Home, Abroad

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