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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considers Report of Japan

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30 Apr 2013

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 30 April 2013 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the third periodic report of Japan on how that country implements...

Argentina / Judicial reform: UN expert calls for guarantees and respect for the independence of the judiciary

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30 Apr 2013

GENEVA (30 April 2013) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur Gabriela Knaul urged today the Government of Argentina to reconsider the draft bills on the reform of the Judicial Council (Consejo de la...

Ending abusive practices against people with mental disabilities in Moldova

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29 Apr 2013

Procedures that deprive people with mental or intellectual disabilities of their legal capacity put them in a situation of excessive vulnerability to abuse, according to a study on the guardianship system in Moldova.

United Nations Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Mr. Cephas Lumina

Mission to Greece, 22-26 April 2013

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29 Apr 2013

End of mission statement Athens, 26 April 2013 Today marks the end of my official fact-finding visit to Greece which began on 22 April. I would like to thank the Government of Greece for inviting me...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opens fiftieth session

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29 Apr 2013

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 29 April 2013 MORNING Elects New Bureau with Zdzislaw Kedzia as Chairperson The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this morning opened...

Non-Governmental Organizations brief Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Situation in Iran, Azerbaijan and Japan

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29 Apr 2013

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 29 April 2013 AFTERNOON The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon met with non-governmental organization (NGOs) that...

VII Ministerial Meeting of the Community of Democracies": Video Statement to the meeting in Ulaanbaatar, 27-29 April 2013 by Ms. Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

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27 Apr 2013

Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to address this seventh Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies in Ulaanbaatar, and to acknowledge your...

Kyrgyz Republic: “Many actors, many actions, but vulnerable children still at risk of exploitation,” says UN expert

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26 Apr 2013

BISHKEK / GENEVA (26 April 2013) – “The full extent of the sale and sexual exploitation of children in the Kyrgyz Republic remains unknown, due to the clandestine and underground nature of the...

El Salvador: UN rights experts appeal to government to provide life-saving treatment to woman at risk

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26 Apr 2013

GENEVA (26 April 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts* today called on the government of El Salvador to provide life-saving treatment to a 22 year old woman who has been...

Arbitrary Detention: UN expert panel to discuss more than 20 cases from 20 countries

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26 Apr 2013

GENEVA (26 April 2013) – The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention* will discuss more than 20 confidential cases concerning 20 different countries, from 29 April to 3 May 2013. It will...