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Israel: UN expert restates concern for Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike and calls for his immediate release

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21 Feb 2012

GENEVA (21 February 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, reiterated today his urgent appeal to the Government of...

Syria: UN experts raise alarm over arbitrary detentions and likely use of torture

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21 Feb 2012

GENEVA (21 February 2012) – United Nations independent experts condemned the arrest of at least 16 persons, including prominent Syrian human rights figures, and voiced their concern that the...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers report of Portugal

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21 Feb 2012

21 February 2012 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today considered the combined twelfth to fourteenth periodic reports of Portugal on how that country is implementing the...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women considers report of Zimbabwe

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21 Feb 2012

21 February 2012 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined second, third, fourth and fifth periodic reports of Zimbabwe on how that country is...

Advisory Committee discusses traditional values, rights of peasants and severe malnutrition and childhood diseases

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21 Feb 2012

21 February 2012 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee today continued to discuss requests addressed to the Committee by Human Rights Council resolutions and took up the issues of promoting...

Time for action on equality between women and men, UN experts urge Moroccan government

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21 Feb 2012

RABAT (20 February 2012) – A UN body of independent experts today urged the Government of Morocco to further consolidate and advance the country’s decade-long achievements on equality and women’s...

Corporations must be held accountable for human rights violations

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20 Feb 2012

UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay files a petition supporting the plaintiffs in a landmark case which will determine whether corporations can be sued in the United States for human rights violations committed abroad.

Agua/Saneamiento: experta de la ONU destaca logros en Uruguay pero pide más atención a los vulnerables

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20 Feb 2012

MONTEVIDEO / GINEBRA (20 de Febrero de 2012) – “Uruguay ha logrado avances significativos en la realización de los derechos al agua y al saneamiento, pero ahora es urgente dar prioridad a los más...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination discusses situation in Viet Nam and Canada with non-governmental organizations

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20 Feb 2012

20 February 2012 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this morning held an interactive dialogue with non-governmental organizations from Viet Nam and Canada. The reports of those...

On mechanisms for parity between men and women: “No delays!”: the Working group ends its visit to Morocco (13-20 February 2012)

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20 Feb 2012

RABAT (20 February 2012)– More than a decade ago, Morocco embarked on an agenda of political and societal transformation which stands firmly on a broad-based national consensus. Gender equality and...