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Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the operations of the Voluntary Fund for Participation in the Universal Periodic Review

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31 May 2013

A call for a moratorium on the development and use of lethal autonomous robots

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31 May 2013

UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns calls for a moratorium on the development and use of lethal autonomous robots.

Press briefing notes on North Korean defectors and Papua New Guinea

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Press briefing notes

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31 May 2013

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 31 May 2013 Subject : 1) North Korean defectors 2) Papua New Guinea 1) North Korean defectors...

Myanmar: UN expert urges Government to act on local regulations targeting Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine State

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31 May 2013

GENEVA (31 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today said that the Government must respond unambiguously to the revival of...

Council concludes Interactive dialogue with Experts Business Enterprises and on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly

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31 May 2013

Human Rights Council MORNING 31 May 2013 The Human Rights Council this morning concluded its interactive dialogue with the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and...

Human Rights Council holds clustered Interactive dialogue on the Right to Education and on International Solidarity

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31 May 2013

Human Rights Council MIDDAY 31 May 2013 The Human Rights Council in a midday meeting today held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to education and the...

Council starts Interactive dialogue with Experts on Cultural Rights and on Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice

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31 May 2013

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 31 May 2013 The Human Rights Council this afternoon meeting began a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights and the...

Committee on the Rights of the Child reviews reports of Rwanda

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31 May 2013

Committee on the Rights of the Child 31 May 2013 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of Rwanda on its...

Committee against Torture concludes fiftiefth session

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31 May 2013

Committee against Torture ROUNDUP 31 May 2013 Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Bolivia, Estonia, Guatemala, Japan, Kenya, Mauritania, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom The Committee...

“Demand and supply, a chain leading to trafficking,” says UN independent expert in new report

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31 May 2013

GENEVA (31 May 2013) – “Demands for sexual exploitation, cheap labour and domestic workers, organ removal, illicit adoption and forced marriages, begging or exploitation by armed groups all fuel human...