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Committee Against Torture to hold fifty-third session in Geneva from 3 to 28 november 2014

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30 Oct 2014

BACKGROUND RELEASE 30 October 2014 Experts to Consider Reports of Sweden, Ukraine, Venezuela, Australia, Burundi, United States, Croatia and Kazakhstan The Committee against Torture will meet at the...

Europe / Migrants: “Let them die, this is a good deterrence” – UN human rights expert

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30 Oct 2014

GENEVA (30 October 2014) – Allowing people to die at Europe’s borders just because of their administrative status is a complete disregard for the value of human life, the United Nations Special...

Human Rights Committee publishes its concluding observations on Sri Lanka, Burundi, Haiti, Malta, Montenegro and Israel

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30 Oct 2014

GENEVA (30 October 2014) – The UN Human Rights Committee has published its concluding observations on the States it examined during its 112th session from 7-31 October. In its concluding observations...

The slaves of today: UN action to provide redress and rehabilitation

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30 Oct 2014

The UN Slavery Fund providing direct assistance to victims of contemporary forms of slavery appeals for additional donations to undertake its work.

CRPD/C/KOR/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of the Republic of Korea

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Concluding observations

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29 Oct 2014

For the 25th anniversary of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

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29 Oct 2014

Death penalty: Keep momentum on abolition, UN Human Rights Committee urges States GENEVA (29 October 2014) – The UN Human Rights Committee is calling on States to ratify the Second Optional Protocol...

Current situation in Iran remains of serious concern, human rights expert tells the UN General Assembly

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29 Oct 2014

NEW YORK / GENEVA (29 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, raised a wide range of concerns about the...

Myanmar: UN human rights expert commends reforms to date, but warns of risks of backtracking

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29 Oct 2014

NEW YORK / GENEVA (29 October 2014) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, commended the process of reform that has improved the political...

Handprints make peace and a new world record

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29 Oct 2014

A new world record for the largest painting made of the imprint of hands belongs to Tunisia. The more than 10,000 square meter canvas was unveiled during the International Peace Festival which took place in all 24 regions of Tunisia.

Brochure on the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

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28 Oct 2014