HanByeol Lee escaped the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) when she was 17. A survivor of severe hardship and famine, she is now living in Seoul, and heads an organisation which fights for human rights and change in North Korea.
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Hilda Flavia Nakabuye, a Ugandan student and environmental rights activist, has sacrificed her Friday lessons at Kampala International University to protest against lack of action to tackle climate change.
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International fact-finding mechanisms set up by the Human Rights Council investigate human rights crises globally and issue reports relying heavily on testimony from survivors and victims. In a rare move, the UN’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar returned to those communities and reported back to them.
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On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, we highlight the work of UN Human Rights to prevent discourse by public figures that target particular communities and fuel or trigger violence in the Central African Republic.
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Join us in promoting and defending human rights for everyone, everywhere. Stand up for human rights and take action for stronger respect, greater freedom and more compassion.
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