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Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold twenty-first session in Geneva from 19 to 30 January

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14 Jan 2015

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group BACKGROUND RELEASE 14 January 2015 The twenty-first session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group...

Committee on the Rights of the Child considers the report of Sweden

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14 Jan 2015

Committee on the Rights of the Child 14 January 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the fifth periodic report of Sweden on its implementation of the...

Keynote speech by Mr. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein,
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Conference on “Education for Peace” Palais des Nations, Geneva, 14 January 2015

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14 Jan 2015

General Assembly Hall Excellencies, colleagues and friends, We are here to celebrate not one, but two important anniversaries: 70 years of the United Nations Charter, and 90 years of the International...

Committee on Rights of Child examines reports of Turkmenistan under Convention, and on sale of children and children in armed conflict

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14 Jan 2015

Committee on the Rights of the Child 14 January 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Turkmenistan on its...

UN expert on the right to adequate housing launches first official visit to Cabo Verde

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14 Jan 2015

GENEVA / PRAIA (14 January 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha will visit Cabo Verde from 19 to 26 January 2015 to assess the country’s achievements and challenges in realizing the...

Press briefing note on Nigeria

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13 Jan 2015

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date : 13 January 2015 Subject : (1) Nigeria / Boko Haram _________________________________ (1) Nigeria /...

Committee on the Rights of the Child considers reports of Cambodia on sale of children and on children in armed conflict

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13 Jan 2015

Committee on the Rights of the Child 13 January 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial reports of Cambodia on how the country is implementing...

UN Special Rapporteur Surya P. Subedi launches his final fact-finding mission to Cambodia

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13 Jan 2015

GENEVA / PHNOM PENH (13 January 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Surya P. Subedi will carry out an official visit to Cambodia from 17 to 25 January 2014. This is Mr. Subedi’s last mission in...

Committee on the Rights of the Child reviews report of the Dominican Republic

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13 Jan 2015

Committee on the Rights of the Child 13 January 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of the Dominican Republic...

Taking a human rights approach to psychosocial disability

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13 Jan 2015

Getting the issues concerning persons with psychosocial disabilities or mental health problems dealt with from a human rights perspective has been the focus of work by the UN Human Rights Regional Office for Europe. A recent event of the “Forgotten Europeans” series looked at human rights challenges faced by these groups.