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Wrapping up her second visit to the Horn of Africa country, the Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Somalia highlighted the interlinkages of human rights and other developments in the country. UNSOM

A human rights expert urged the United States of America to “address pervasive hate and stay the course to eliminate systemic racism and racial discrimination.” UNIFEED

Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, said, “The inferno that the Gaza people are in right now is a stain on all of us, on all UN Member States, especially those who have the power to stop it and do not do it.” UNIFEED

On the situation in Gaza, Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism Fionnuala D. Ní Aoláin said, "it's not just the party to the conflicts that have obligations here. Other States have obligations under Article One of the Fourth Geneva Convention to ensure respect for international humanitarian law.” UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif said, “I am deeply concerned by the continued and widespread deterioration of the human rights situation in Haiti and its impact on the region.” UNTV CH

Abuses range from widespread torture and arbitrary detention to conflict-related sexual violence which continue to be committed in Ukraine after one and a half years following the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion, said the UN deputy rights chief. UNTV CH

Reem Alsalem, Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Girls called for reforms to discriminatory national legislation, and also on State to “accede to the UN Conventions on Statelessness to improve the collection of disaggregated data particularly on stateless populations.” UNIFEED

The UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said that the arrest, detention, and sentencing of human rights defenders in Viet Nam who advocate for the environment and the country’s transition to clean-energy use raises serious concerns “not only with respect to the charges leveled against them but also the conduct of their trials.” UNTV CH

War crimes and crimes against humanity are still being committed in Ethiopia despite the signing of an agreement to cease hostilities 10 months ago, the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia warned. UNTV CH