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Myanmar: UN rights experts express alarm at adoption of first of four ‘protection of race and religion’ bills
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GENEVA (27 May 2015) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today expressed alarm at the enactment of the Population Control Healthcare Bill in Myanmar, the first of four in a package of...
Republic of Korea’s foreigners-only HIV tests violated New Zealand teacher’s rights – UN experts
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GENEVA (20 May 2015) – A New Zealand woman’s rights were violated when her employers in the Republic of Korea demanded that, as a foreign English teacher, she undergo HIV/AIDS and drug tests as a...
A central role for a civil society is the only way to guarantee inclusive post-2015 development goals
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18 May 2015 As the launch of the post-2015 development agenda approaches, a group of United Nations human rights experts* call on UN member States to ensure that the new global goals are firmly...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on France, Guatemala, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sudan, Germany, Denmark
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GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 27 April to 15 May: France...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concludes eighty-sixth session
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 15 May 2015 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Sudan, Germany, Guatemala, France, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Denmark The...
New video presents the faces of LGBT “everyday heroes” to the world
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“FACES”, a video produced by the UN Human Rights Office as part of its Free & Equal campaign celebrates the contributions that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people make to families and local communities around the world.
UN expert on racism urges Greece to reinforce the fight against hate speech and incitement to violence
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ATHENS / GENEVA (12 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, Mutuma Ruteere, today urged the Government of Greece to effectively address and firmly punish...
Full text of the press statement delivered by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance
M. Mutuma Ruteere on 8 May 2015 in Athens, Greece
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8 May 2015 Ladies and Gentlemen, I undertook a visit to Greece from 4 to 8 May 2015, which is the first visit of a United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination considers report of Denmark
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7 May 2015 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twentieth and twenty-first periodic report of Denmark on its implementation of...