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Moldova: A time of challenges and opportunities, says senior Human Rights Official

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31 Mar 2016

GENEVA / CHISINAU (31 March 2016) – Moldova faces very serious challenges due to deep divisions in the country, widespread corruption and governance issues but recent reforms are showing the way...

Human Rights Committee closes one hundred and sixteenth session

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31 Mar 2016

ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of South Africa, Namibia, Sweden, New Zealand, Slovenia, Costa Rica and Rwanda GENEVA (31 March 2016) - The Human Rights Committee today concluded its...

Serbia’s record on rights of persons with disabilities faces review by UN Committee

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31 Mar 2016

GENEVA (31 March 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review Serbia on 5 and 6 April in sessions that will be webcast live. Serbia is one of the 162 States...

Lithuania’s record on rights of persons with disabilities faces review by UN Committee

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31 Mar 2016

GENEVA (31 March 2016) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review Lithuania on 6 and 7 April in sessions that will be webcast live. Lithuania is one of the 162...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities examines report of Thailand

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31 Mar 2016

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 31 March 2016 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today considered the initial report of Thailand on its implementation of the...

Investigations under way into “sickening” allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by peace-keepers in CAR

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31 Mar 2016

GENEVA (31 March 2016) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday described the latest allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by UN and French soldiers, as...

UN torture prevention body to visit Chile

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31 Mar 2016

GENEVA (31 March 2016) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is due to make its first visit to Chile from 4 to 13 April to assess the treatment of persons deprived of their...

Making DPRK accountable for human rights violations

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31 Mar 2016

In his last report to the Human Rights Council, Marzuki Darusman, Special Rapporteur on the situation of the human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, called for the creation of an expert panel to help ensure accountability for crimes against humanity committed in the country.

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31 Mar 2016

Comment by the Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, on the killing of a Palestinian man in Hebron

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30 Mar 2016

GENEVA (30 March 2016) -- We are extremely concerned about the apparent extra-judicial execution of a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Thursday 24 March. Two Palestinian men allegedly...