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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women holds panel discussion on linking HIV and women’s rights

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25 Jul 2013

25 July 2013 Discusses Tackling Stigma and Discrimination Related to HIV, Cooperation between Agencies and the Provision of Services The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women...

Senior UN human rights official to visit Central African Republic from 29 July to 2 August 2013

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25 Jul 2013

BANGUI/GENEVA (25 July 2013) – The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Šimonović, will conduct an official visit to the Central African Republic from 29 July to 2 August...

24th session of the HRC

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24 Jul 2013

24th session of the Human Rights Council

Access to justice for indigenous peoples

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24 Jul 2013

A major new study finds indigenous peoples are more likely to be the victims of crime, to come into contact with police, be charged with offences and to serve time.

Costa Rica: UN expert to assess the linking of human rights with environmental protection

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24 Jul 2013

GENEVA (24 July 2013) – The United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment, John Knox, will visit Costa Rica from 28 July to 1 August 2013, to assess how the country is...

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23 Jul 2013

EU border management: protecting the rights of migrants

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22 Jul 2013

The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants reported on the result of a one year study on EU management to the HRC at the 23rd Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

From hand-outs to rights – breaking the cycle of perpetual food insecurity in Malawi

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22 Jul 2013

Lilongwe/Geneva (22 July 2013) – “Recent high-profiled food security policies have failed to rid Malawi of chronic food insecurity and malnutrition,” said Olivier De Schutter, the UN Special...

Human rights should be at the centre of Japan’s international development cooperation efforts – UN Expert

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22 Jul 2013

GENEVA (22 July 2013) – Japan should adopt a human rights-based approach to its international development cooperation urged United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas...

Committee discusses individual commnications, case management of individual communications and follow-up to concluding observations

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22 Jul 2013

22 July 2013 The Human Rights Committee this morning heard a progress report on follow-up to individual communications on the status of pending cases in a number of countries; a report on case...