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Chileans reject conservative constitution to replace dictatorship-era charter

The vote came more than a year after Chileans rejected a proposed constitution written by a left-leaning convention. The new document was more conservative than the one it had sought to replace.

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Russia fails in bid to return to UN’s Human Rights Council

Bulgaria and Albania win backing in secret vote for two Eastern European seats available on UN body.

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New UN rights chief opens ‘communication’ with China

Volker Türk’s first speech falls short of activists’ hopes for a tougher stand after UN report on abuses in Xinjiang.

Al Jazeera

UN rights chief cites 'communication' about issues in China

The new U.N. human rights chief says his office has opened “channels of communication” to help follow up on concerns about the rights of minorities in China, including Uyghur Muslims and Tibetans

The Independent UK

Volker Türk: the man charged with protecting the world’s human rights

Mild-mannered, but with a tough message to convey, the new UN high commissioner pledges a return to ‘the basics’ of the Universal Declaration laid down 75 years ago

The Guardian - UK

New UN rights chief vows to engage Beijing on Xinjiang findings

Volker Turk’s predecessor published a report on China’s treatment of the Uighurs in the final minutes of her tenure.

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UN rights chief to follow up on abuse concerns about China

The top United Nations human rights official says his office will continue reaching out to Beijing about allegations of abuse in China

The Independent UK

Israel Refuses to Grant Entry Visas to UN Personnel

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan said there are sanctions in Tel Aviv against UN employees who criticize and speak out against Israeli policy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN rights chief 'deeply troubled' by escalation of the war in Ukraine

Recently appointed United Nations rights chief, Volker Turk, voiced alarm at the escalating conflict in Ukraine when he arrived at his post in the Swiss capital Geneva on Monday, insisting that civilians must be protected.

Radio France Internationale

UN human rights report on China's torture of Uighurs: MEPs call for strong EU response

It was the report that China hoped would never see the light of day. Just minutes before her mandate ended, the office of now-former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet published its long-overdue assessment of human rights in China's Xinjiang region. It contained damning findings of mass arbitrary…

France 24

UN Human Rights Council rejects debate on Xinjiang

Geneva (AFP) - The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday voted against debating alleged widespread abuses in China's Xinjiang region after intense lobbying by Beijing, in a heavy setback for Western nations.

AFP

UN vote to ignore human rights abuses in China leaves west in dead end

Result not to debate its own damning report shows many states are unwilling to take sides in power struggle between China and west

The Guardian - UK

West bracing for defeat against China at UN rights vote

Geneva (AFP) - Western countries trying to pass an unprecedented resolution at the UN's top rights body targeting China for widespread abuses were scrambling Thursday for votes and bracing for possible defeat.

AFP

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Bangladesh PM denounces 'tragedy' of rich nations on climate

New York (AFP) - A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change.

The Guardian - UK

West weighs calling for China Uyghur abuses inquiry at UN

Battle over influence at Human Rights Council, with Beijing warning of ‘politicisation of human rights’

The Independent UK

UN to EU: Don't backtrack on climate goals amid energy pinch

The acting U.N. human rights chief has urged European Union member states to avoid “backtracking” on their efforts to develop renewables and energy-efficiency projects at a time when soaring energy prices have prompted some to ramp up use of and searches for fossil fuels

Reuters

West weighs contentious anti-China move as U.N. rights council opens

Western countries face a dilemma as the U.N. Human Rights Council opens on Monday: confront China over human rights violations in its Xinjiang region and risk failing or miss the biggest opportunity to bring accountability in years.

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AFP

UN rights council credibility at stake over China, Russia response

Geneva (AFP) - Faced with allegations of grave violations in China and Russia, the UN body created to address rights abuses seems paralysed by uncertainty on how to respond.

The Independent UK

China shuns cooperation with UN rights office over report

A top Chinese diplomat says China can’t work with the U.N. human rights office after it released a report criticizing Beijing’s policies against Uyghurs and other ethnic groups in western Xinjiang

Al Jazeera

UN approves Austria’s Volker Turk as new human rights chief

Turk’s immediate challenge is to follow up on previous UN rights chief’s report on abuse of Uighurs in China’s Xinjiang.

AFP

Austria's Volker Turk tapped as next UN rights chief

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped the Austrian diplomat Volker Turk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights, with his nomination to be put to the General Assembly for approval on Thursday.

AFP

UN chief taps Volker Turk as next rights chief

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has tapped the Austrian diplomat Volker Turk to be the next High Commissioner for Human Rights, according to a document sent Thursday to the General Assembly, which must approve the choice.

The Independent UK

Austrian diplomat tipped to head sensitive UN rights office

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has proposed a veteran Austrian diplomat to head the global body’s human rights office at a time when it is facing harsh criticism from China for accusing Beijing of abuses against Muslim minorities

The Conversation

UN report on China's abuse of Uyghurs is stronger than expected but missing a vital word: genocide

The long-awaited UN report into human rights abuses committed in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) was finally published last week to a mixed reception. For some – principally the Chinese government – it went too far. Others thought it didn’t go far enough.

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