The UNPO has observed that State actors are increasingly resorting to concepts of 'national unity' to justify repressive actions against minorities, indigenous populations and self-determination movements. This includes reference to constitutional provisions which place national unity on equal or greater footing to human rights. Such justifications are increasingly being used not only by the States...
The UNPO has observed that State actors are increasingly resorting to concepts of 'national unity' to justify repressive actions against minorities, indigenous populations and self-determination movements....
On 5 February 2021, the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, together with its member the Southern Mongolia Human Rights Information Center, filed a letter of allegation with the United Nations...
The UNPO hosted today a webinar to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the ability of unrepresented diplomats to engage with the UN Human Rights Mechanisms. Titled “Compromised Space and Undiplomatic...
The United Nations has made public a joint allegation letter submitted by ten UN Special Rapporteurs to the Lao Government raising the issue of state-sponsored persecution of the ChaoFa Hmong....
In July 2020, The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization and its Member, the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) in Mauritania, jointly filed a report to the United...
During a session of the UNPO’s XV General Assembly devoted to UNPO members in the Asia-Pacific region, a key theme arose that affects many UNPO members – repression by the People’s Republic...
Appalled by the systematic persecution of minorities by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the UNPO’s XV General Assembly adopted a strong resolution expressing its continued support for the struggle...
The Congress of World Hmong People has reported the disappearance of three Hmong minors and their accompanying adult since 12 March 2020. They were last seen at a check point in Paksan, Laos. Two weeks...
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