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Syria: Door remains wide open for further atrocities after lack of referral to the ICC, UN experts warn

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30 May 2014

GENEVA (30 May 2014) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts* today emphasized that the UN Security Council’s decision not to refer the situation in Syria to the International...

Committee on the Rights of the Child considers report of the United Kingdom on the sale of children and child prostitution

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30 May 2014

30 May 2014 The Committee on the Rights of the Child this morning considered the initial report of the United Kingdom on how the country implements the provisions of the Optional Protocol to the...

Myanmar: “Build on achievements and reach for democracy” – Outgoing UN Special Rapporteur

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30 May 2014

GENEVA (30 May 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today calls on the Government and people of Myanmar to build on the many...

Press briefing notes on DPRK and US Supreme Court ruling on death penalty

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30 May 2014

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 30 May 2014 1) DPRK In a resolution in March, the Human Rights Council requested the Office of the...

Statement by Navi Pillay United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the occasion of the presentation of the ILGA “LGBTI Friend of the Year” award and 2014 State-Sponsored Homophobia report and the Panel on International Human Rights Law and Sexual Orientation

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30 May 2014

Geneva, 30 May 2014 Excellencies, Distinguished Friends, Thank you for honouring me with this award. I am indeed an LGBTI friend. Like the Secretary-General of the United Nations, I am convinced that...

Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, 29 May 2014

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29 May 2014

Good morning and thank you for joining us here today. As you know, this is my first official visit to Morocco as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. I would like to thank His Majesty King...

Pillay urges Government action after “honour” killing of pregnant woman in Pakistan

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28 May 2014

GENEVA (28 May 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of a 25-year-old pregnant woman, stoned to death by her family as she approached a...

Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of Kyrgyzstan

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28 May 2014

28 May 2014 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined third and fourth periodic report of Kyrgyzstan on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the...

Open wounds: torture and ill-treatment in Syria

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28 May 2014

A new thematic paper produced by the UN Human Rights Office on torture in Syria highlights horrific accounts from victims of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment by Government forces and some armed opposition groups.

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants concludes country visit to Sri Lanka

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27 May 2014

Colombo (26 May 2014): Following an invitation by the Government, I conducted a visit to Sri Lanka from 19 to 26 May. During my visit, I met with representatives of the Government, the United Nations...