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Zeid urges further investigation into human rights violations by international forces in Central African Republic
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GENEVA (30 May 2015) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Saturday said he has urged several States to intensify their efforts to investigate long-standing allegations...
Concluding observations on the fifth periodic report of Colombia
CAT/C/ESP/CO/6: Concluding observations on the sixth periodic report of Spain
UN expert group on people of African descent on fact-finding mission to Italy
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Italian GENEVA (28 May 2015) – The United Nations Working Group* of Experts on People of African Descent will undertake its first-ever official visit to Italy from 1 to 5 June 2015 to study a wide...
Press briefing note on USA/Death Penalty
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location : Geneva Date : 29 May 2015 Subject : USA / Death penalty We welcome the abolition of the death penalty in the...
Europe’s refugee problem an echo of the 1930s
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29 May 2015 Earlier this spring, I drove to a beautiful spot on the southern bank of Lake Geneva. My destination was the Hotel Royale in Evian-les-Bains. It was there, in July 1938, that 32 nations...
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed
Enforced Disappearances: UN expert group launches an official mission to Peru
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GENEVA (28 May 2015) – A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* will undertake an official visit to Peru from 1 to 10 June 2015 to gather information...
Kosovo* / Right to housing: Deep gap between law and reality, UN expert says
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Albanian | Serbian PRISTINA (28 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, today welcomed the inclusion of international human rights law in...