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Committee on the Rights of the Child reviews the report of Bulgaria
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Committee on the Rights of the Child 30 May 2016 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Bulgaria on its...
UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to review France, Sweden, Honduras, Burkina Faso, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Angola, United Kingdom
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GENEVA (31 May 2016) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is meeting in Geneva from 6 to 24 June to review the following countries: France (6-7 June); Sweden (7-8 June); Honduras...
Press briefing notes on Flogging in Iran, unfair restrictions on NGO access to the UN and executions in Gaza
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 31 May 2016 (1) Flogging in Iran We condemn the outrageous flogging of up to 35 young men and women...
Committee on the Rights of the Child reviews the situation of sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography in Luxembourg
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GENEVA (31 May 2016) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Luxembourg on the implementation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention...
Presentation by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the launch of the OHCHR Report 2015 to Member States
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31 May 2016 Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I am honoured to present to you the Annual Report of my Office for 2015. Following this discussion, I will brief you at some length on our ongoing...
A story of resilience: From torture victim to therapist
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Chilean torture survivor and leading neuropsychiatrist Jorge Barudy works with refugees and victims of torture through his award winning center EXIL.
Preliminary Observations on the official visit to Honduras by the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, 23 to 27 May 2016
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Spanish Tegucigalpa, 27 May 2016 Introduction 1.1 Summary of visit From 23 to 27 May 2016, I conducted an official visit to Honduras. I wish to thank the Government for extending the invitation to me...
Right to life: UN expert encourages Honduras to follow the long road back to “a culture of life”
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Spanish GENEVA / TEGUCIGALPA (30 May 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, urged the Honduran authorities to strengthen...
UN experts urge Mexico to ensure protection of rights defenders, as prominent advocate faces smear campaign
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GENEVA (30 May 2016) – A high-level UN human rights advisory body today expressed alarm over a series of verbal attacks and threats against one of its members, prominent Mexican human rights defender...