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QUNO delivers oral statement on children of parents sentenced to death or executed
As part of our work to uphold the rights of children of parents sentenced to death or executed QUNO raises...
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QUNO Joint Statement on Children of Prisoners, Role of Civil Society in protecting their rights
During the 44th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, QUNO delivered a joint oral statement with partner Child Rights Connect,...
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Children of Incarcerated Parents and Violence Against Children: QUNO delivers oral statement to 44th Human Rights Council
During the 44th session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO delivered an oral statement at the Interactive Dialogue with the...
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“No-one will be safe until everyone is safe.” QUNO welcomes Secretary General Guterresโ new Policy Brief.
QUNO welcomes the launch of a Policy Brief from UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, focussing on the situation of people on...
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Covid-19 and the Rights of Children of Parents who are Incarcerated
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, of which QUNO is co-convenor, is pleased to share...
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Human Rights of Migrants at HRC 43
As part of its ongoing work on the human rights of migrants, QUNO delivered an oral statement to the Human...
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QUNO Geneva speaks at the Human Rights Council on Child Rights and Criminal Justice
QUNO Geneva delivered a statement on the importance of ensuring that the rights of children are respected in criminal justice...
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QUNO delivers statement on children of parents accused or convicted of association with designated terrorist groups
QUNO Geneva delivered a statement at the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council this March, as part of a...
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New Briefing Paper: Children of Incarcerated Parents International Standards and Guidance
Children of incarcerated parents continue to face a range of challenges to the full respect for and enjoyment of their...
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QUNO at COP25 in Madrid, Spain
QUNO was present at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP25) in Madrid, Spain from 27 November to 15 December. Our focus was...
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Global Study on Children Deprived of their Liberty
For over a decade, QUNO has worked to draw attention to the rights of children of incarcerated parents and to...
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QUNO welcomes the launch of UN Global Study on Children Deprived of their Liberty
The Child Rights Connect Working Group on Children of Incarcerated Parents, which QUNO co-convenes, welcomes the UN Global Study on Children...
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The Human Rights Council: advancing the rights of children of incarcerated parents
At the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO welcomed several discussions and documents which incorporated a focus on...
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QUNO at the COP 24 in Katowice, Poland
QUNO was present for the entire COP 24, in Katowice Poland. The following article helps outline briefly the COP24 outcome....
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Foundations for Implementation: QUNO launches new guidebook for States implementing the Global Compact for Migration
In December 2018, representatives from the Human Rights and Refugees programme traveled to Marrakesh to attend the 2018 Intergovernmental Conference to...
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“We only have the Global Compact for Migration because of the witness of Human Rights defenders” : QUNO speaks at an OHCHR side event
On Thursday 27th September at the 39th Human Rights Council, Human Rights and Refugees representative, Laurel Townhead, spoke at a...
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QUNO speaks at a side event on ‘Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants’
On 2nd March Laurel Townhead, QUNO’s Human Rights and Refugees Representative, spoke on a panel on ‘Protecting the Human Rights...
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QUNO to speak at a side event on ‘Protecting the Human Rights of Migrants’ during the 37th Human Rights Council session
QUNO's human rights and refugees representative Laurel Townhead will be a panelist at the a side event entitled 'Protecting the...
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