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DISPLACEMENT CAUSED BY TSUNAMI POINTS TO
NEED FOR COOPERATION IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERT SAYS
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28 December 2004 The following statement was issued today by Walter Kälin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons: "The Representative of the...
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UN WOMEN’S RIGHTS EXPERT CONCLUDES VISIT TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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24 December 2004 Prof. Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights today issued the following statement...
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE RULE ON COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS
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23 December 2004 Two independent human rights bodies have found violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel...
NO EXCUSES FOR LACK OF REALIZATION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS, CHAIR OF EXPERT PANEL SAYS
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17 December 2004 The Chairperson of the Committee on Migrant Workers, Prasad Kariyawasam, made the following statement today on the occasion of International Migrants Day: Fourteen years ago, the...
UN EXPERT WELCOMES ITALIAN PRESIDENT’S DECISION TO SEND JUDICIAL REFORMS BACK TO PARLIAMENT
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17 December 2004 The Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Leandro Despouy, expresses his satisfaction at the decision of...
SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN TO VISIT RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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15 December 2004 Yakin Ertürk, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights will visit the Russian Federation from 17...
EXPERTS ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION CALL FOR
STEPS TO CHANGE OR REPEAL LAWS RESTRICTING
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
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15 December 2004 Three leading international mechanisms for the defense of freedom of expression have called for urgent steps to improve the public’s access to information. In a joint statement...