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Remarks by Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the High Level Event on the Death Penalty, 68th Session of the General Assembly, New York, 27 September 2013
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Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome the opportunity to address this High-Level Event on the death penalty, organised by the Permanent Mission of France to the United...
Disability rights: UN experts reject restrictions on persons with intellectual disabilities’ right to vote
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GENEVA (30 September 2013) - States should not prevent persons with intellectual disabilities from voting, nor make their inclusion on an electoral register dependent on capacity assessments, a UN...
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Spain: The State must assume a leadership role and engage more actively to respond to the demands of the relatives of the disappeared
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Madrid (September 30, 2013) – “The State must assume a leadership role and engage more actively to respond to the demands of thousands of families searching for the fate or whereabouts of their loved...
Remarks by Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the High Level Event on the Death Penalty, 68th Session of the General Assembly, New York, 27 September 2013
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Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome the opportunity to address this High-Level Event on the death penalty, organised by the Permanent Mission of France to the United...
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women opens fifty-sixth session
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 30 September 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this morning opened its fifty-fifth session, hearing a...
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women meets with non-governmental organizations
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women 30 September 2013 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non...
Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of Luxembourg
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Committee on the Rights of the Child 30 September 2013 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined third to fourth periodic report of Luxembourg on its...
Embracing a new paradigm for development
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A UN Human Rights Office side event on the Post-2015 Agenda held at the United Nations in New York focused on innovative and practical human rights recommendations from Member States, the UN and civil society.