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The new US administration must recommit to human rights at home and abroad: UN experts

Posted on: February 27, 2025
GENEVA – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about the new US administration’s recent actions that undermine human rights and fundamental freedoms at both domestic and international levels and harm the UN Charter-based international order, and called on the United States as well as the international community to recommit to human rights. They issued the […]
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A blue-toned graphic with a large faded accessibility symbol (a person in a wheelchair) in the background. White text in the center reads: 'Thirty years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: its potential for women and girls with disabilities.' On the left side, a vertical blue banner displays 'A/HRC/58/56:' in white text. In the bottom right corner, the UN logo is accompanied by the name 'Heba Hagrass, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

A/HRC/58/56: Thirty years of implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action: its potential for women and girls with disabilities

Posted on: February 21, 2025
In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council pursuant to Council resolution 53/14, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Heba Hagrass, seeks to contribute to the discussions and review of the thirtieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action by providing an analysis of how that landmark […]
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This image shows a formal meeting in a room decorated with wooden ornaments and religious icons. Four people are seated, engaged in discussion. In the middle, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II is a bearded man wearing black religious garb and a head covering. To his left, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities speaks in a wheelchair wearing velvet, accompanied by a man in a beige suit. To his right, another woman dressed in black listens attentively. The room features gilded furniture, a glass display case with religious objects, and a central table with flowers and refreshments. The setting suggests a religious meeting.

H.H. Pope Tawadros II Receives Heba Hagrass, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Posted on: January 29, 2025
Today (Wednesday), H.H. Pope Tawadros II received Heba Hagrass UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, at the Papal Residence in Cairo. Dr. Heba Hagrass expressed her appreciation for the Church’s role in supporting matters related to persons with disabilities, its efforts to raise awareness of their rights, and its work to […]
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