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Honduras needs progressive reform of abortion law to advance women’s human rights, say UN experts
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GENEVA (28 April 2017) – Honduras must allow wider scope for legal abortions in new legislation due to be put to the country’s parliament, so that women and girls can enjoy their full human rights to...
UN disability rights expert announces first visit to North Korea
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GENEVA / PYONGYANG (27 April 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Ms. Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, will conduct an official visit to the Democratic...
Halt Yemen conflict now to save generation from famine and cut “alarming” child mortality - UN experts
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GENEVA (25 April 2017) – Fighting in Yemen must stop now and the blockade of the country’s ports be removed, to allow people facing starvation to access food and life-saving medical supplies, say two...
A/HRC/35/21/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health on his visit to Algeria
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes findings on Moldova, Iran, Cyprus, Jordan, Armenia, Honduras, Canada, and Bosnia and Herzegovina
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GENEVA (13 April 2017) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons (CRPD) with disabilities has published findings on the countries it reviewed during its latest session from 20 March to 12 April...
UN experts mark third anniversary of Nigeria kidnapping with new plea for “forgotten” Chibok girls
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Chibok girls kidnaping – Third anniversary, 14 April 2017 GENEVA (12 April 2017) – A fresh appeal is being made to the Nigerian Government by UN human rights experts* to take all necessary measures to...
Migrants and refugees with disabilities must be priority in new Global Compact on Migration – UN experts
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GENEVA (12 April 2017) – Dedicated human and financial resources must be made available for persons with disabilities in the new global framework on refugees and migrants, UN experts have urged, as an...
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closes its seventeenth session
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 12 April 2017 ROUNDUP The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its seventeenth session after adopting...
"Achieving gender balance and equitable geographical representation in the elections of members of the Committee"
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Statement of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Adopted during the Committee’s seventeenth session (20 March-12 April 2017) “The Committee on the Rights of Persons with...