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Preliminary findings on the visit to Seychelles, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Joy Ngozi Ezeilo
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MAHE (31 January 2014) Seychelles should accelerate its efforts in putting in place appropriate mechanisms to prevent and combat trafficking in persons, especially women and children Background and...
Belarus: UN expert to hold consultations with Belarusian civil society in Lithuania
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GENEVA (31 January 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Miklos Haraszti will visit Vilnius, Lithuania, from 2-5 February 2014 to hold consultations with representatives of Belarusian civil...
Press briefings notes on Egypt and Ukraine
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 31 January 2014 Subjects: 1) Egypt and 2) Ukraine 1) Egypt We are extremely concerned about the...
“We must not fail on protection for South Sudan’s IDPs” – UN expert warns amid ongoing crisis
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GENEVA (31 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Chaloka Beyani, today urged the UN system and the international community to give...
Committee on the Rights of the Child concludes sixty-fifth session
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Committee on the Rights of the Child ROUNDUP 31 January 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations on the Reports of Congo, Yemen, Holy See, Portugal, Russian Federation and Germany The Committee on the...
Statement on Sustainable Development Goals, Addressed to the Eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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January 2014 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities established pursuant to article 34 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, has the honour to...
Josephine Adaza: fighting for freedom of religion in Nigeria
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Minority Fellow Josephine Adaza calls for religious freedom for the Christian minority in Northern Nigeria.
India death penalty: UN human rights experts welcome Supreme Court ruling
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GENEVA (30 January 2014) – Two United Nations independent experts welcomed a recent decision by the Supreme Court of India to commute to life imprisonment the death sentences of 15 individuals, and to...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination to hold eighty-fourth session in Geneva from 3 to 21 February 2014
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 30 January 2014 BACKGROUND RELEASE Committee Will Review Situation in Honduras, Montenegro, Belgium, Poland, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg...