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16 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon suspended its online thirty-second session after adopting its concluding observations on the second periodic report of Chile. Can Ünver, Committee Chairperson, noting that today the Committee had competed the large part of its thirty-second session and hence he would make his concluding remarks, said the COVID-19 pandemic had changed ways of working and this r...

Date Time Share Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers Discusses Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants and Ratification of Convention OHCHR The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers...

Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Discusses the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrants and the Ratification of the Convention in a Meeting with States and Other Stakeholders Format 14 April 2021 The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families this afternoon held an informal meeting with States and other stakeholders, during which participants discussed the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on migrants, the ratification of the Conv...

The court’s decisions in the three cases brought Israel back into the democratic fold.

Share This - x "Financial hardship should not prevent the students from getting admission in terms of the allocation which has been made in their favour legitimately under the central pool seats". Supreme Court has recently observed that the State has an affirmative obligation to facilitate access to education, at all levels. "While the right to pursue higher (professional) education has not been spelt out as a fundamental right in Part III of the Constitution, it bears emphasis that access to...

1) Sudan We are appalled by the latest resurgence of violence between Masalit and Arab tribes in West Darfur, in Sudan, that left at least 87 people dead, more than 191 injured and forced thousands to flee their homes. We are also disturbed by the slow progress in ensuring accountability for this and previous violence, despite repeated calls by victims and their families. The latest bout of violence erupted on 3 April in Al Geneina town when unknown assailants shot at a group of men from the Ma...

Christof Heyns: South African scholar who left his mark on the worlds human rights systems Search Polity Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range. To search for a term containing the & symbol, click Advanced Search and use the search headings and/or in first paragraph options. With... Clear Search Sponsored by Sponsored by The South African academic Professor Christof Heyns, who has died at the age...

OHCHR We would like to take this opportunity to pay a heartfelt tribute to Christof Heyns, who passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in his home country, South Africa, on 28 March. He was just 62 years old. Professor Heyns, whom many of you have reported on and interviewed over the past decade in his various roles with the UN, was one of the giants in the world of human rights. He was also an extremely warm and generous man, greatly liked and admired by all those of us at OHCHR who knew ...

The South African academic Professor Christof Heyns, who has died at the age of 62, was a world-renowned human rights advocate and academic. He was a thoughtful scholar of both the African and UN human rights systems, and an incredibly popular teacher and activist. He leaves behind a remarkable legacy among generations of students across the continent and around the world. But in addition to his shaping of the University of Pretoria’s contribution to human rights issues across the continent,...

April 5, 2021 2:29PM EDT | Statement Joint submission on promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations Joint submission on promoting and protecting the human rights of women and girls in conflict and post-conflict situations on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 by Humanity & Inclusion, Human Rights Watch, International Disability Alliance, Women Enabled International and the...