SOGI UN source Archives: High Commissioner for Human Rights
Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on human rights and mass exoduses, A/HRC/4/105, March 14, 2007: Argentina
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 entitled “Human Rights Council” III. Overview of information provided by Member States Argentina 22. In Argentina, the status of refugee is recognized for “individuals who have been discriminated against for religious reasons, objections of conscience, gender, or sexual orientation”. Argentina has interpreted the definition of […]
Incitement of racial and religious hatred and promotion of tolerance : report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, June 29, 2006
Implementation of General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 entitled “Human Rights Council” D. The scope of sanctions and remedies 65. Legal measures may be supplemented by a number of non-legal measures, including selfregulatory measures by media bodies, media outlets or journalists’ associations to prevent the dissemination of harmful speech. In many countries, media […]
Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2006/9, May 16, 2006
Situation of especially vulnerable groups Several especially vulnerable groups were affected by violent actions perpetrated by illegal groups in the course of the internal armed conflict, as well as by violations of their fundamental rights and liberties. The vulnerable groups were also affected by certain policies and by the behaviour of certain public servants. They […]
Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Combating defamation of religions, E/CN.4/2006/12, February 2, 2006
13. The Government of Denmark gives high priority to the fight against discrimination in any form. The dissemination of statements or other forms of information, by which a group of people is threatened, insulted or degraded because of race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion or sexual inclination is prohibited by law. Link to full […]
Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in Colombia, E/CN.4/2005/10, February 28, 2005
Summary Situation of especially vulnerable groups Various positive measures in the field of protection and prevention were weakened by public statements by high-level government officials who on occasion questioned the legitimacy of the work of human rights defenders and their organizations. The vulnerability of human rights defenders, including trade unionists, women’s organizations and other social […]
Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, E/CN.4/2005/22, February 14, 2005
Report of the Regional Workshop for the Latin American and the Caribbean Region on “Ensuring that the Millennium Development Goals contribute to overcoming discrimination based on race, colour, descent, national and ethnic origin” 5. Dr. Paulo Carvalho, representing the Health Minister of Brazil, spoke on health care free of discrimination as a prerequisite for the […]