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UN torture prevention body’s country visits for 2016 – agenda includes Tunisia, Ukraine, Mexico and Niger
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GENEVA (25 November 2015) – Tunisia, Ukraine, Mexico and Niger are among the countries the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) plans to visit in 2016. The SPT’s role is to...
Brazilian mine disaster: “This is not the time for defensive posturing” – UN rights experts
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Portuguese version GENEVA (25 November 2015) – Two United Nations independent experts on environment and toxic waste today called on the Government of Brazil and relevant businesses to take immediate...
Burundi: Zeid deplores NGO crackdown; renews call for inclusive dialogue
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GENEVA (25 November 2015) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday deplored the decision by Burundian authorities to suspend ten non-governmental organisations...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers the report of the Holy See
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25 November 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined sixteenth to twenty-third periodic report of the Holy See on its...
Legal clinics bring justice and rehabilitation to victims of sexual violence in DR Congo
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The UN Joint Human Rights Office in the DR Congo supports victims of sexual violence through grassroots organizations that provide direct legal assistance, free of charge, for survivors and their families.