Consider This: Is There a Crisis of Confidence in Human Rights?
Mr Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights was recently in Malaysia for an official 3-day mission during which he spoke to Melisa Idris on #ConsiderThis for an exclusive interview about the UN’s enduring fight for human rights despite growing conflict, distrust and polarisation globally.
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Mon Jun 14 2021
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The UN Special Rapporteur in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, levelled accusations against the Myanmar authorities for 'presiding over a worsening security and human rights situation' in that country.
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Venezuela regrets bias in UN High Commissioner's remarks
Valero regretted Al Hussein's echoing of the smear campaign against Venezuela mounted by the international media and "hatched by imperialist interests."
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