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UN rights office issues report on business and human rights in settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory
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GENEVA (31 January 2018) – The UN Human Rights Office on Wednesday issued a report detailing its work on producing a database of business enterprises engaged in certain, specific activities in the...
Mauritania: UN rights experts urge immediate reform of “flawed” anti-discrimination law
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French GENEVA (31 January 2018) – A new law adopted in Mauritania represents a positive attempt to tackle discrimination, but raises major concerns for human rights and must be reformed, a group of UN...
Statement at ISHR Reception
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Civil Society Reception to welcome the new HRC President Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 18:00 ISHR, Ground floor reception room, 1 Rue de Varembé Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, It is very nice to see...
A/HRC/37/73: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on recommendations made by the Forum on Minority Issues at its tenth session on the theme “Minority youth: towards inclusive and diverse societies”
US must reverse “outrageous” dismantling of Bears Ears National Monument, says UN rights expert
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GENEVA (30 January 2018) – A US presidential order slashing the area of land in the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and paving the way for the extraction of natural resources is outrageous and...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar to hold press conference on 1 February 2018 in Seoul
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GENEVA (29 January 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will hold a press conference in Seoul on 1 February 2018 to present her end of mission...
Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of the Marshall Islands
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GENEVA (29 January 2018) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered via video conference the combined third and fourth periodic report of the Marshall Islands under the Convention on...