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Walls and laws against irregular migration are no match for human trafficking – UN expert

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29 Jul 2016

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons - Saturday 30 July 2016 GENEVA (29 July 2015) – Speaking ahead of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Saturday 30 July, United Nations human rights...

Press briefing notes on Gambia and Australia

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29 Jul 2016

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 29 July 2016 (1) Gambia We are concerned at the three-year prison sentences handed down last week to...

Committee against Torture considers report of Burundi

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29 Jul 2016

GENEVA (29 July 2016) - The Committee against Torture this afternoon concluded its consideration of the special report of Burundi on the measures taken to implement the provisions of the Convention...

Towards an in-depth justice reform in Guatemala

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29 Jul 2016

Guatemala has embarked in an unprecedented justice reform. The objective: guarantee a fully independent and effective judiciary, and preserve the achievements in the fight against corruption and impunity.

UN human rights experts urge Indonesia to halt new wave of executions

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28 Jul 2016

GENEVA (28 July 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the Indonesian Government to halt executions of people convicted of drug-related offences and to re-try them in...

Greece to face review by UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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28 Jul 2016

GENEVA (28 July 2016) – Greece’s record on tackling racial discrimination will face scrutiny by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 3 and 4 August in Geneva. Greece is...

UK faces review by UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

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28 Jul 2016

GENEVA (28 July 2016) – The United Kingdom’s record on tackling racial discrimination will face scrutiny by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on 4 and 5 August. The UK...

UN Committee against Torture to review Mongolia

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28 Jul 2016

GENEVA (28 July 2016) - The UN Committee against Torture is due to review Mongolia on 2 and 3 August in Geneva. Mongolia has ratified the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or...

“High time to end police impunity” – UN experts raise alarm at on-going pattern of extrajudicial killings in Kenya

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28 Jul 2016

GENEVA (28 July 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today expressed deep concern about the on-going pattern of extrajudicial executions in Kenya. They urged the Government to put...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to hold its ninetieth session in Geneva from 2 to 26 August 2016

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28 Jul 2016

BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee to Consider Situation in Greece, United Kingdom, Paraguay, South Africa, Lebanon, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Pakistan GENEVA (28 July 2016) - The Committee on the Elimination...