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Hungary’s use of detention in the spotlight as UN torture prevention body concludes visit
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GENEVA (31 March 2017) – Hungary should immediately address the excessive use of detention, the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Friday at the end of an 11-day visit to the...
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on this week's visit by the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, to the Arab League Summit in Jordan
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GENEVA (31 March 2017) – "All states must abide by their treaty obligations. In that context, I very much regret that Jordan, a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court...
Preserve separation of powers, Zeid urges Venezuela
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GENEVA (31 March 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed grave concern at the ruling by the Venezuelan Supreme Court to take over the legislative powers of...
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities considers the initial report of Honduras
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 31 March 2017 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Honduras on its...
A/HRC/34/40: Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report of the Secretary-General
Summary of the panel discussion on youth and human rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
A/HRC/35/22: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression
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Summary The report’s key recommendations include: To States and the Human Rights Council The Human Rights Council, in its resolution 32/13, condemned unequivocally measures to intentionally prevent or...
UN experts urge UAE to quash the death sentence against a woman migrant domestic worker
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GENEVA (30 March 2017) - A group of UN human rights experts* are calling on the Government of the United Arab Emirates to prevent the execution of a woman who was convicted of killing her male...
UN rights experts urge lawmakers to stop “alarming” trend to curb freedom of assembly in the US
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GENEVA (30 March 2017) – Two UN human rights experts* are calling on lawmakers in the United States to stop the “alarming” trend of “undemocratic” anti-protest bills designed to criminalize or impede...