UN Human Rights Chief: Global trajectory of human rights points toward larger freedom despite serious challenges
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A UN Human Rights Office Global Update delivered by Türk acknowledges serious human rights challenges and an onslaught against international law causing human suffering, while asserting that the overall trajectory of human rights is toward larger freedom despite advances and losses. The speech calls for calling out violations everywhere and emphasizes that the human rights struggle defies binary categorizations of good/bad or allies/enemies.
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· 4 pulledThe struggle for human rights is a story of enormous progress followed by regression.
The trajectory is clear: ultimately, it's towards larger freedom.
An unprecedented, shameless onslaught against international law is causing appalling human suffering.
We must call it out, every time and everywhere.
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