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UN Human Rights Asia
@OHCHRAsia
@UNHumanRights' regional representation in Southeast Asia. Providing #humanrights news and inspiration to advocates throughout #Asia. #StandUp4HumanRights
Bangkok, Thailand
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    Volker Türk
    @volker_turk
    Jul 18
    Nelson Mandela led with courage – and showed us how it could triumph over fear. In a world marked by conflict and division, his legacy reminds us that our shared humanity is stronger than the forces that seek to divide us. #MandelaDay
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    Jul 17
    Sixty years ago, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (#ICESCR) turned our most essential, everyday rights into legal commitments. 📜 Yesterday, we joined with Thailand's Ministry of Justice to mark the 60th anniversary of this key covenant. Let's
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    Volker Türk
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    Jul 12
    Human rights offer a clear vision for AI – and the world we want to build: smarter, kinder, wiser. A timely discussion at @AIforGood on how human rights can give agency back to ordinary people and make AI more empowering for all, not just the privileged.
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    Jul 7
    📢 Applications are now open for interested journalists! Are you a journalist from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, or Indonesia looking to deepen your reporting on migration and scam trafficking? DW Akademie and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR)
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    Volker Türk
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    Jul 7
    AI is about power – over data, markets, resources, and information. Human rights are the check on that power and the path to ensuring AI serves people, not the other way around. ohchr.org/en/statements-…
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    UN Human Rights
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    Jul 2
    What would you do if your loved one was taken away, and no one would tell you where they are for 40 years? This agony is not unique to Honduras. All over the world, families trapped by enforced disappearance grow old waiting for closure. We mark 20 years of the UN Convention
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    Andrea Bolaños Vargas
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    Jul 1
    🇻🇳#Vietnam I welcome the release of environmental HRD Đặng Đình Bách after serving five years in prison in Vietnam. @UN_SPExperts had previously expressed concern about his detention, which was found to be arbitrary and appeared to be related to his exercise of the right to
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    Volker Türk
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    Jul 1
    Today's report underscores an urgent point: AI can be a force for good, advancing human rights and benefiting everyone. But that will only happen if we act now with effective safeguards, robust regulation and accountability when rights are harmed.
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    António Guterres
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    Jul 1
    The Independent Scientific Panel on AI has just released its first assessment on the promises & risks of artificial intelligence. The message is clear: The more AI advances without shared rules, the less say governments & people will have in the outcome. I urge countries not to
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    Jul 1
    @OHCHRAsia is working w/ stakeholders across Thailand to strengthen protections against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and protect civic space. With the support from @EUinThailand, we recently partnered w/ the Court of Justice, human rights defenders
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    Volker Türk
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    Jun 30
    Putting people to death is cruel and inhuman, and it has been a failure at every level. I urge all States to join the overwhelming global consensus: the death penalty must end everywhere, for all offences. ohchr.org/en/statements-…
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    Jun 22
    Enforced disappearances still happen every day, leaving families without answers. 20 years after the Convention, the call remains clear: Victims first. Action now. ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodi… ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodi… ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodi… ohchr.org/en/treaty-bodi…
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    Jun 29
    🔔 UN Human Rights was pleased to join as a global partner for Ring the Bell for LGBTIQ+ Equality 2026! 🏳️‍🌈 Co-led with @SSEinitiative, @globalcompact, Koppa, Open for Business, @SET_Thailand, TransTalents Consulting Group, @UNDPThailand, UN Global Compact Network Thailand
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    Volker Türk
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    Jun 28
    Hundreds of billions of dollars are still being poured into fossil fuels every year, while countries on the frontlines of the climate crisis are being forced into debt just to survive. We need a decisive break with today’s failed climate finance policies. ohchr.org/en/statements-…
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    Jun 26
    Healing after harm: How gender shapes experiences of torture and recovery ohchr.org/en/stories/202…
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