
Nada Al-Nashif
@nadanashif
Deputy UN High Commissioner for Human Rights @UNHumanRights
#StandUp4HumanRights #OHCHR
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https://www.ohchr.org/EN/AboutUs/Pages/NadaAlNashif.aspx 15-09-2015 07:30:53
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#Yemen: This week marks 1 year since the arbitrary detention of United Nations, NGO, civil society, & diplomatic staff. These detentions can’t be justified & undermine our ability to deliver critical aid. We call on the de facto authorities to release our colleagues immediately.

At these testing times, we need the strongest possible defence of international law and human rights. Today UN Human Rights Council, I warned how the current trajectory of escalating conflict & disregard for #HumanRights is indefensible.👇 #HRC59

The United Nations Human Rights Council discussed access to justice and protection for women and girls in #Afghanistan. "We are witnessing an institutionalization of the most extreme forms of gender-based discrimination and segregation," UN Human Rights deputy chief Nada Al-Nashif told #HRC59.

“This is my appeal for life-saving aid for the long-suffering people of Gaza. Let’s do it right, and let’s do it right away.” tells the UN Segretary-General António Guterres. The UN including UNRWA have the trucks, the teams, and the systems in place — and 160,000 pallets ready




"We are facing unprecedented peril, finding ourselves at a unique and precarious point in history, at the edge of a precipice. "More than ever, we need to reinvest in the power of diplomacy," UN Human Rights deputy chief Nada Al-Nashif told the United Nations Human Rights Council. #HRC59




The UN Human Rights and the Government of Bangladesh signed a memorandum to open a mission in the country to support the promotion and protection of human rights.

Access to food is a human right. All people are entitled to reliable access to safe, nutritious food for healthy growth and development. via World Food Programme



From education to jobs—local govts can shape more just, sustainable cities As I told local leaders, we must build a #HumanRightsEconomy that puts people 1st in every policy & budget decision Pleased to support govts building human rights cities thru new guidance w/ United Cities👇




"Let's be clear. The creeping annexation of the West Bank is illegal. It must stop. The wholescale destruction of Gaza is intolerable. It must stop. Unilateral actions that would forever undermine the two-State solution are unacceptable. They must stop." - António Guterres
