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OHCHR has documented summary executions of at least 12 people by the M23 between Jan. 26 and 28 as well as new cases of sexual violence by the Congolese armed forces and members of the pro ...
The OHCHR Assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China is a report published on 31 August 2022 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) concerning the treatment of Uyghurs and other largely Muslim groups in China.
OHCHR presence at the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in Kenya. The mandate of OHCHR derives from Articles 1, 13 and 55 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, by which the Assembly established the post of United Nations high commissioner for human rights. [8]
Craig Gerard Mokhiber is the youngest of six sons of Lorraine Pealer of Niagara Falls, New York, [4] and Mitchell Fadel Mokhiber of Getzville, New York.Mitchell Mokhiber (1932–2021), who was a member of the Antiochian Orthodox community, [5] was the son of Edward Mokhiber who immigrated to the US from what is now Lebanon in 1908.
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Israeli attacks on hospitals in Gaza have devastated the Palestinian enclave's health system and raised serious concerns about Israel's compliance with international law, the U.N ...
The OHCHR receives between 11,000 and 15,000 communications per year. During 2010–11, 1,451 out of 18,000 complaints were submitted for further action by the WGC. The UNHRC considered four complaints in their 19th session in 2012. The majority of the situations that have been considered have since been discontinued. [citation needed]
Additionally, the Council established a working group to focus on the global dissemination and implementation of the Guiding Principles. OHCHR provides ongoing support and advice to the Working Group, which consists of five independent experts, of balanced regional representation, for a three-year period.