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CCPR/C/ISL/CO/5: Concluding observations adopted by the Human Rights Committee at its 105th session
CCPR/C/MDV/CO/1: Concluding observations adopted by the Human Rights Committee at its 105th session
Enforced Disappearances: progress and challenges in South America
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To pay tribute to those who have disappeared, as well to their families and friends, the United Nations proclaimed 30 August as the UN International Day of the Disappeared.
Press briefing notes on Guinea, Gambia, Iraq and South Soudan
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Subject : (1) Guinea (2) Executions in the Gambia, Iraq and South Sudan (1) Guinea We are concerned about...
Mission to Bolivia by UN expert on racism
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GENEVA (31 August 2012) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere, will carry out an official visit to Bolivia from 4 to 10 September 2012, to gather first-hand information on...
Death Row / Iraq: UN expert strongly condemns ongoing executions, reiterates call to halt them
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GENEVA (30 August 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, strongly condemned last Monday’s execution of 21 individuals within...
Israel: “The Rachel Corrie verdict, a defeat for justice and accountability, a victory for impunity” – UN expert
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GENEVA (30 August 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Richard Falk, condemned this week’s ruling by an Israeli judge...
Gambia executions an unfortunate setback for human rights protection -- Pillay
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GENEVA (30 August 2012) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Thursday she was deeply disturbed that after 27 years without any official executions in the Gambia, nine death row...