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  The slow onset effects of climate change and human rights protection for cross-border migrants

  This paper seeks to advance understanding of the connection between the slow onset adverse effects of climate change, human rights, and the cross-border movement of people in order to promote informed

  • 22/03/2018

  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • • Climate Change
    • Human Rights
    • Migration
    • India
    • Global
    • Displacement

• The right to privacy in the digital age

  In its resolution 68/167, the General Assembly requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to submit a report on the protection and promotion of the right to privacy in the context

  • 01/07/2014

  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • • Information
    • Human Rights
    • Private Sector
    • Legislation
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  Urgent call by UN to halt Odisha mega-steel project amid serious human rights concerns

  <p>Construction of a mega-steel plant in Odisha in Eastern India should be halted immediately, United Nations independent human rights experts have urged, citing serious human rights concerns. The project

  • 01/10/2013

  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • • POSCO
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Land Acquisition
    • Human Rights
    • Jagatsinghpur (D)
    • Displacement

• Human rights and the environment

  This report examines the development and status of norms and standards as well as current trends in respect of the linkages between human rights and protection of the environment. Moreover, this report

  • 01/06/2012

  • Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
  • • Human Rights
    • Environment
    • Sustainable Development
    • Poverty
    • RIO+20