UNPO at the UN

Jan 24, 2019

Hmong: Extreme Poverty and Humanitarian Crisis in Laos

On 24 January 2019, the UNPO and Member organisation the Congress of World Hmong People (CWHP) submitted a joint report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights ahead of its visit to Laos. Professor Philip Alston is due to visit the People's Democratic Republic from 18 to 28 March 2019. The report, compiled together with the Legal Clinic Aix Global Justice...

Jan 24, 2019

Hmong: Extreme Poverty and Humanitarian Crisis...

On 24 January 2019, the UNPO and Member organisation the Congress of World Hmong People (CWHP) submitted a joint report to the United Nations Special Rapporteur (UNSR) on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights...

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Dec 03, 2018

Press Release: UNPO Addresses Pakistani Occupation...

On Thursday 29 November 2018, UNPO was participating in the 11th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in the Palace of Nations in Geneva. Organised by the Office of the High Commissioner...

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Nov 22, 2018

Minority Empowerment : A Human Rights Approach...

On the occasion of the 11th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues, the UNPO is organising a side event challenging issues of statelessness through minority empowerment. With the exceptional...

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Nov 05, 2018

Joint Press Statement -- China UPR

Civil Society Deeply Concerned by Removal of Key Stakeholder Information by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for Upcoming Universal Periodic Review of China

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Oct 16, 2018

Brazil’s Democracy at Risk – MEPs for the...

Brazil’s Democracy at Risk – MEPs for the Rule of Law 16 October 2018 14:00 -14:30  European Parliament Room A1G2   On 16 October 2018, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples...

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Oct 09, 2018

Beyond Geopolitics: Why Does the Crimean Tatars...

Beyond Geopolitics: Why Does the Crimean Tatars Case Matter? 9 October 2018 09:30 -12:30 European Parliament, Brussels Room ASP 6D 128, Library Section

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Oct 04, 2018

Human Rights in the Ogaden: A Joint UPR repor...

On Thursday 4 October 2018, UNPO submitted a report with the Ogaden Peoples Rights Organisation for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) procedure at the Human Rights Council in the UN. This is a useful...

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Sep 26, 2018

East Turkestan: Canada and the United States Calls...

At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Canada has challenged China on their treatment of the Muslim Uighur population and emphasised the importance of addressing human rights. It comes only...

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