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August 18, 2021 Letter

Burundi: The Human Rights Council Should Continue Its Scrutiny and Pursue Its Work Towards Justice and Accountability

Joint Letter To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland

The seat of Burundi delegation is pictured before a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Burundi in Geneva, Switzerland December 17, 2015.
August 13, 2021 News Release

Afghanistan: At-Risk Civilians Need Evacuation, Protection

Governments Should Suspend Deportations, Forced Returns

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August 12, 2021 Impact

UN Takes on Global Racism

New Resolution Forms Expert Group to Probe Racism in Policing

Demonstrators kneel outside the Long Beach Police Department in Long Beach, California during a protest on May 31, 2020. 
July 21, 2021 UPR

Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Uganda

July 12, 2021 Statement

UN expert body needed to address systemic racism, tackle root causes

Item 9: Interactive Dialogue on High Commissioner's systemic racism report

Delegates attend a session on racism and police brutality, a resolution in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on June 19, 2020.
July 9, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Needs to Act on Ethiopia

Human Rights Council Should Adopt Resolution on Abuses in Tigray

Tigrinyan refugee women prepare bread for their family in Umm Rakouba refugee camp in Qadarif, eastern Sudan on December 11, 2020 
July 8, 2021 UPR

Saint Lucia Universal Periodic Review Outcome Statement

Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review

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.
July 8, 2021 UPR

Saint Kitts and Nevis Universal Periodic Review Outcome Statement

Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review

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.
July 8, 2021 News Release

Australia: Act on UN Review Pledges

Address Asylum Policy, Indigenous Inequality, Climate Change

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July 8, 2021 UPR

Australia Universal Periodic Review Outcome Statement

Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review

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July 8, 2021 UPR

Lebanon Universal Periodic Review Outcome Statement

Item 6 - Universal Periodic Review

Lebanon One Year Later Explosion Call Investigation
July 7, 2021 Statement

Targeted sanctions, arms embargo needed to stem Myanmar military abuses

HRC47: Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on Myanmar

Myanmar police block a road near the US embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, February 22, 2021.
July 6, 2021 Dispatches

UN Rights Body Should Greenlight Global Racism Probe

States Need to Grapple with Colonial Pasts, Address Root Causes of Systemic Racism

Delegates attend a session on racism and police brutality resolution in the wake of the death of George Floyd, at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on June 19, 2020.
July 6, 2021 Statement

Systematic Abuses in Venezuela under UN Scrutiny

HRW Statement - Item 4 ID on the High Commissioner's report on Venezuela

Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro holds a copy of the constitution during his annual address to the nation before lawmakers at the National Assembly in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021.
June 29, 2021 News Release

UN Makes Landmark Call to Address Systemic Racism

International Probe of Police Violence Urgently Needed

A protester puts his hands up in front of a line of police in riot gear in the US city of Columbus, Ohio, on June 5, 2020.

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