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Oral Update by Mr. Mike Smith, Chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, at the 70th session of the General Assembly

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29 Oct 2015

New York, 29 October 2015 Chair, Delegates, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, The Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea finds that it cannot start this update without strongly...

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold twenty-third session in Geneva from 2 to 13 November 2015

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29 Oct 2015

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group 29 October 2015 BACKGROUND RELEASE The twenty-third session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group...

Human rights must be at the heart of historic election period in Myanmar - UN expert

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29 Oct 2015

NEW YORK/GENEVA (29 October 2015) – UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, called on all those in positions of authority in Myanmar to ensure that respect for the human rights...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women considers the report of Liberia

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29 Oct 2015

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 29 October 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the combined seventh and eighth periodic...

Boko Haram’s path of destruction

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29 Oct 2015

The UN Human Rights Office recently launched a report on the atrocities committed by Boko Haram. Some of these malicious acts, if confirmed by a court of law, could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Statement by the High Commissioner at the Special Meeting of the Human Rights Council on the occasion of the visit of the President of the State of Palestine

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28 Oct 2015

السيد الرئيس اسمحوا لي ان ارحب بفخامة الرئيس محمود عباس في مجلس حقوق الانسان، و كنت اود ان تكون الظروف وسياق زيارة الرئيس عباس غير تلك التي نحن بصددها اليوم، ولكنني على ثقة كبيرة بقدرة القيادة...

Roma, children and people with disabilities to be focus of UN expert’s visit to Romania

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28 Oct 2015

GENEVA / BUCHAREST (28 October 2015) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston will undertake an official visit to Romania from 2 to 11 November 2015...

Disability: UN expert urges States to make their social protection systems more inclusive

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28 Oct 2015

NEW YORK (28 October 2015) – States should make their social protection systems more inclusive for persons with disabilities, rather than pursuing models that often lock them into a cycle of...

Human Rights Committee reviews the report of Benin

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28 Oct 2015

Human Rights Committee 28 October 2015 The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Benin its implementation of the provisions of the International...

UN human rights expert urges Japan to step up efforts to combat child sexual exploitation

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28 Oct 2015

Japanese GENEVA/TOKYO (28 October 2015) – Ending a seven-day visit to Japan*, the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, Maud de Boer-Buquicchio...