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Negative effects of terrorism on the enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review - Togo
UN experts condemn string of Ecuador clampdowns on human rights organizations
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GENEVA (30 December 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* have criticized the Government of Ecuador for stifling civil society, after issuing an order for the closure of an NGO which...
Empowering young lawyers in Kyrgyzstan through human rights training
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An inter-ethnic conflict that took place in the south in June 2010 that left many without proper legal recourse. The UN Human Rights Office in Kyrgyzstan, in response to this situation, held a series of workshops training young aspiring and practicing defense lawyers on dealing with human rights redress issues.
UN rights experts welcome end of “discriminatory” US counter-terrorism measure
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GENEVA (29 December 2016) – Racial or religious profiling has so far proved to be ineffective in fighting terrorism, say two United Nations human rights experts, who have welcomed the end of a...
UN expert on extreme poverty and human rights to visit Saudi Arabia
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Arabic GENEVA (29 December 2016) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, will undertake an official visit to Saudi Arabia from 8 to 19 January 2017 to...