Un Right Council
UN rights chief Volker Turk seeks to set up presence in China and India
Turk also said he would like to double his office's budget to step up global monitoring
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UN rights commissioner slams pressure over Xinjiang report on China
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed criticism at the pressure she is under over publishing a report into the human rights situation in China's Xinjiang region
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Grave concerns raised about 'Uyghur genocide' in China at UN rights council
Expressing grave concerns over the "Uyghur genocide" in China's Xinjiang province, Canada delivered a joint statement on behalf of 42 countries at the UN Humans Rights Council on Tuesday
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UN rights chief: Israeli strikes in Gaza may be war crimes
The UN rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the latest, 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. The remarks by Michelle Bachelet came as the UN's top human rights body opened a one-day special session to discuss the plight faced by Palestinians in the fighting this month. She said that Hamas' indiscriminate rocketing during the conflict was also a clear violation of the rules of war. The UN high commissioner for human rights spoke to the Human Rights Council, chronicling the most significant escalation of hostilities since 2014 that left devastation and death in the Gaza Strip before a cease-fire last week. Air strikes in such densely populated areas resulted in a high level of civilian fatalities and injuries, as well as the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure," she said. Such strikes raise serious concerns of Israel's compliance with distinction and proportionality under international ...
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Human rights groups oppose China, Russia, Saudis on UN rights body
Rights groups are urging the UN nations to oppose seats on the world organisation's premiere rights body for China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cuba and others because of their dismal rights records
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US won't participate in UN Right Council without reforms
US says the council unduly focuses on Israel and includes member countries with poor rights records
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