GENEVA / LIMA (15 December 2014) – The proposed re-licensing of heavily polluted land in the Department of Loreto region of Peru would perpetuate and exacerbate serious violations of human rights of...

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KUALA LUMPUR / GENEVA (3 December 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, urged yesterday Malaysia to put an end to its selective approach to human rights...

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Kuala Lumpur, 2 December 2014 Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, Allow me to begin by warmly thanking the Government of Malaysia for inviting me to visit the country to assess, in a spirit of...

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