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Human rights and counter-terrorism: UN expert launches first mission to Belgium

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23 May 2018

GENEVA (23 May 2018) – UN rights expert Fionnuala Ní Aoláin will visit Belgium from 24 to 31 May to gather information on counter-terrorism initiatives and assess how they affect the promotion and...

Preliminary findings of the visit: UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism concludes visit to France

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23 May 2018

French Paris (23 May 2018) The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Ms. Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, visited...

France: UN expert says new terrorism laws may undermine fundamental rights and freedoms

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23 May 2018

French PARIS/GENEVA (23 May 2018) – A UN human rights expert has commended efforts by France to combat terrorism but has raised concerns about the effect anti-terrorism laws have on the enjoyment of...

Libya: Health care under attack in conflict

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23 May 2018

Continued violence in Libya is having a devastating impact on health care in Libya. A new report released by the UN Human Rights Office shows how attacks on hospitals, medical facilities and medical personnel have contributed to a failing health-care system.

CMW/C/GUY/CO/1: Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families: Concluding observations on the initial report of Guyana

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Concluding observations

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22 May 2018

Ireland: UN human rights expert calls for national strategy to protect children from sexual violence

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22 May 2018

GENEVA (21 May 2018) – Legal advancements in Ireland that aim to put children first should be accompanied by a national strategy to prevent and respond to sexual violence against minors, says the UN...

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health visits Kyrgyzstan

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22 May 2018

Russian BISHKEK/GENEVA (21 May 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Dainius Pūras...

Healthcare under attack in Libya

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22 May 2018

Arabic GENEVA/TUNIS (22 May 2018) – Violence in Libya continues to have a devastating impact on health care in the country, with hospitals and other medical facilities bombed, shelled and looted...

Press briefing note on Algeria and Libya

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22 May 2018

French | Arabic Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 22 May 2018 Subject: (1) Algeria and (2) Libya (1) Algeria We call on the...

International Conference on the 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights

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22 May 2018

Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein 22 May 2018 Minister Kneissl, Excellencies, Colleagues, Friends, Twenty five years ago, it was here, in this city of confluence...