Women’s and girls’ rights. The Affirmative Action Bill remained pending at the end of the year. The bill was an effort to address gender imbalance in the private and public sectors. Hundreds of women accused of being witches remained banished to six “witch” camps. In August, seven people were arrested and charged over the deaths of a GENEVA (10 November 2022) – The Netherlands’ human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the fourth time on Tuesday, 15 November 2022 in a meeting that will be webcast live . The Netherlands is one of the States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its 9 March 2022 Human Rights. The Belarusian Government’s continuing crackdown on political opponents, civil society, journalists and lawyers has seen the fundamental human rights of tens of thousands violated, with no sign of any of the perpetrators being held accountable, the UN rights office, OHCHR, reported on Wednesday. The United Nations or Other International Bodies: The Human Rights Council (UNHRC) included the country i n a report published on September 14, 2022, as one of several countries under allegation of subjecting persons who cooperate with the United Nations and its mechanisms in the field of human rights to intimidation and reprisal. The report The Ministry of Interior recorded 9,167 right-wing motivated crimes during the first half 2022, including 418 acts of violence. Antisemitic hate crimes increased by roughly 29 percent from 2020 to . A report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project showed the Xinjiang government dispossessed Uyghurs by confiscating $84.8 million worth of assets from 21 jailed Uyghurs and auctioning the assets Qatar’s human rights record came under intense global scrutiny during the year as the country prepared to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which took place in November and December. The infrastructure necessary for the tournament was largely built by migrant workers, many of whom were subjected to brutal working conditions, debt bondage, and Country-specific human rights resolutions should be addressed under the Universal Periodic Review process in the Human Rights Council. Noting that his country will maintain its position to abstain from country specific drafts in the Third Committee, if voted on, he stressed this should not be interpreted as taking a position on human rights The Chinese government responded by coordinating, though not itself joining, a letter signed by 50 countries, including Iran, Venezuela, and other states with poor human rights records. [8] According to a report by World Economic Forum, China ranked 100th out of 144 countries for gender parity in 2017, falling for the ninth consecutive year since 2008, when it ranked 57th. The Party

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