Closure of Mandate 'Must Never Be Confused with Resolution of Human Rights Violations’, Third Committee Hears, as Experts Warn of Discrimination, Barriers to Health, Justice
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The discontinuation of a United Nations human rights mandate risks leaving victims of discrimination without an international voice, experts warned the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, exposing violence against persons with albinism, barriers to health justice and the denial of dignity to the dead.
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- Original: https://press.un.org/en/2026/gashc448.doc.htm
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