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United Nations Human Rights Training and Documentation Centre for South-West Asia and the Arab Region - Report of the Secretary-General
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights - Note by the Secretariat
United Nations voluntary trust fund on contemporary forms of slavery - Report of the Secretary-General
Senior UN human rights official visits Liberia
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GENEVA (31 July 2017) – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour will visit Liberia from 1 to 3 August, seeking to mobilise support for the establishment of a UN Human Rights...
Philippines needs urgent action to reverse spiralling rights violations, UN experts say
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GENEVA (31 July 2017) – The Government of the Philippines must urgently address growing reports of human rights violations, including murder, threats against indigenous peoples and the summary...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination opens the work of its ninety-third session
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GENEVA (31 July 2017) -The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning opened its ninety-third session, during which it will review anti-discrimination efforts of Kuwait, Russia...
Opening Address by Adam Abdelmoula, Director Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division, at the 93rd session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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31 July 2017 Distinguished Chair, Honourable members, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to welcome you to the ninety-third session of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination discusses anti-discrimination efforts of Russia with civil society
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GENEVA (31 July 2017) - The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon held an informal meeting with civil society representatives from the Russian Federation, whose report...
A/HRC/36/39/Add.2: Report of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances on enforced disappearances in the context of migration - Note by the Secretariat
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Background During its 105th session, and in its 2015 annual report, the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances announced that it would address diverse forms of enforced disappearances...