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UNHRC to consider call for halt to arm sales to Israel

If the text is adopted, it would mark the first time that the UN’s top rights body has taken a position on the bloodiest-ever Gaza war…reports Asian Lite News The UN Human

April 4, 2024

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UNHRC chief condemns Israeli ‘siege’ of Gaza

Volker Turk says Israel’s imposition of sieges endanger the lives of civilians by depriving them of goods essential for their survival…reports Asian Lite News Israeli retaliatory air strikes against the Hamas militant

October 12, 2023

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UNHRC Adopts UAE’s Report

The UAE statement noted that the country continues to enhance and develop its legislative, institutional, and national policies related to the promotion and protection of human rights…reports Asian Lite News The United

October 5, 2023

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India highlights Myanmar situation at UNHRC session

Highlighting India’s contribution, the Indian representative stressed that India has provided humanitarian assistance and continued without people-centric developmental projects in Myanmar despite facing challenges…reports Asian Lite News Permanent Representative of India to

September 27, 2023

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UNHRC Hails India’s Women’s Reservation Bill

This historic measure would constitutionally enshrine women’s representation in parliament…reports Asian Lite News The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has welcomed the passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill

September 22, 2023

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Activist from Gilgit Baltistan raises human rights issues at UNHRC

The activist from Gilgit Baltistan also narrated the sufferings of locals who are forced to pay huge electricity bills…reports Asian Lite News A human rights activist from Gilgit Baltistan has highlighted coercive

September 17, 2023

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Afghan refugees stage protest in front of UNHRC office in Pakistan

Expressing concern over his uncertain future, Faizullah Turk, another Afghan refugee in Pakistan, said that they have been waiting for their cases to proceed for the past two to three years…reports Asian

July 26, 2023

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UNHRC concludes session with a clutch of resolutions

Its next session will be held from June 19 to July 14 this year…reports Asian Lite News The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has concluded its 52nd session, after adopting 43

April 5, 2023

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Global concerns on Afghan women expressed at UNHRC

The UN special rapporteur for Afghan human rights, Richard Bennett, in a report expressed concerns over the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan….reports Asian Lite News At the UN Human Rights

March 1, 2023

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India’s rights report to be reviewed by UNHRC panel

The session is being held at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva from November 7–18…reports Asian Lite News India’s National Report for the Fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Cycle will

November 10, 2022

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