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Commemoration of 30th Anniversary of Adoption of Convention on Rights of Child
Amaya Pilla Masaquiza speaks at the high-level commemorative event of the General Assembly on thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
25 September 2019
Field Coverage
UNMISS Assesses the Security Situation in Boma
An United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) human rights specialist (right) discusses human rights cases and on-going investigations with the Police Chief of Boma.
27 March 2013
Secretary-General
Secretary-General Meets Yazidi Human Rights Activist in Istanbul
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a young Iraqi woman of the Yazidi faith, human rights activist and survivor of abduction and torture by the terrorist group…
24 May 2016
Field Coverage
Congolese Women Welcome Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
A group of Congolese women wave to UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri, as she arrives in Mambassa, Ituri district, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Deputy…
24 August 2013
Field Coverage
MINUSMA Investigates Human Rights Violations in Menaka Region
A Human Rights Officer serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) interviews a displaced witness in Menaka. A delegation led by Human Rights Officers…
5 May 2018
Meetings & Events
Supplementary Slavery Convention Signed by 30 Countries
Thirty countries today in Geneva signed the Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, the text of which was agreed upon…
7 September 1956
Africa
Demobilization of Child Soldiers from Armed Groups
The Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Reintegration, and Resettlement (DDR/RR) Section of MONUSCO and Child Protection teams have collaborated with Congolese authorities to demobilize over…
8 July 2020
Field Coverage
Human Settlements - Places Where People Live and Work
Schoolgirls in a reading class, Karachi.
1 January 1983
Field Coverage
Launch of "Children, Not Soldiers" Campaign in South Sudan
A mother reads campaign materials during the official launch of the "Children, Not Soldiers" campaign in South Sudan, a collaboration between the United Nations and the Government of South…
29 October 2014
Field Coverage
Victims of Child Rape in Liberia
A group of young children, all survivors of sexual abuse, are shown at a safe house in Monrovia, Liberia.
29 October 2012
Side Events
Signature Panel for Campaign to End Modern Slavery
A young visitor to the Palais des Nations in Geneva adds her name to a symbolic signature panel in support of the "50 for Freedom" campaign to end modern slavery. The campaign, to be…
9 June 2015
General Assembly
General Assembly Appraises Plan of Action to Combat Human Trafficking
Grizelda Grootboom, civil society representative from South Africa and survivor of human trafficking, addresses the high-level meeting of the General Assembly to appraise progress achieved in the…
27 September 2017