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Saudi Arabia: UN rights experts outraged by extremely harsh sentence against blogger

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15 May 2014

GENEVA (15 May 2014) – A group of UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at the conviction to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes, and a 1 million Saudi riyal fine against Saudi online activist...

RCA: des experts de l’ONU réclament des mesures urgentes pour la protection des civils et des journalistes

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15 May 2014

GENEVE (15 mai 2014) – L’Experte indépendante sur la situation des droits de l’homme en République Centrafricaine, Marie-Thérèse Keita-Bocoum, et le Rapporteur spécial sur la liberté d’expression...

Governments should use public purse to ‘buy justice’ in food systems – UN right to food expert

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15 May 2014

GENEVA (15 May 2014) - Governments must exploit the full potential of public food purchasing in order to make food systems fairer and more sustainable, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food...

Senior UN human rights official in Ukraine, new report out on Friday

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15 May 2014

GENEVA/KYIV (15 May 2014) – UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Ivan Simonovic is in Ukraine for a five-day visit to follow up on the human rights situation in the country and to launch...

People with albinism: Pillay urges more protection after barbaric killing in Tanzania

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15 May 2014

GENEVA (15 May 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Thursday for increased protection for people with albinism, after the barbaric murder of a 40-year-old woman with...

For International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO-T), Saturday 17 May 2014

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15 May 2014

A Joint Statement by UN human rights experts, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considers report of Serbia

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15 May 2014

15 May 2014 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of Serbia on how the country is implementing the provisions of the International Covenant...

The right to take risks and make mistakes: equal recognition before the law for people with disabilities

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15 May 2014

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities finds that all too often people with disabilities do not enjoy legal equality, which affects their capacity to make fundamental decisions affecting their health, education, work, relationships and political participation.

Progress report of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee on the issue of the negative impact of corruption on the enjoyment of human rights

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14 May 2014

UN Committee marks one month since abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, urging their release, warning of consequences

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14 May 2014

GENEVA (14 May 2014) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Wednesday firmly condemned the acts of violence against more than 200 girls who were abducted from their...