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Migrants: “EU’s resettlement proposal is a good start but remains woefully inadequate” – UN expert

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15 May 2015

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, expressed both hope and disappointment at the new European Agenda on Migration unveiled...

Press briefing note on South East Asia / migrants boats, Burundi and The International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia

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15 May 2015

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Rupert Colville Location : Geneva Date : 15 May 2015 Subjects : (1) South East Asia / migrants boats, (2) Burundi and (3) International Day...

Committee against Torture concludes fifty-fourth session

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15 May 2015

Committee against Torture ROUNDUP 15 May 2015 Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Colombia, Congo, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Romania, Serbia, Spain and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia The...

Committee against Torture publishes findings on New Zealand, Republic of the Congo, Romania, Luxembourg, Spain, Serbia, Colombia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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15 May 2015

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The UN Committee against Torture has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 20 April to 15 May: New Zealand, Republic of the Congo...

“The lessons of Rana Plaza have still not been learned” – UN expert group on business and human rights

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15 May 2015

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on business and human rights today said that “the lessons of the Rana Plaza disaster have still not been learned.” The experts’ warning comes...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination publishes findings on France, Guatemala, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sudan, Germany, Denmark

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15 May 2015

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...

Zeid warns against reprisals after failed coup; fears Burundi heading towards further chaos

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15 May 2015

GENEVA (15 May 2015) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday said there is a real risk of Burundi descending into further chaos, and called upon the authorities to...

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concludes eighty-sixth session

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15 May 2015

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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15 May 2015

“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.

Small arms: the human cost of illicit transfer, destabilizing, accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons

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14 May 2015

NEW YORK (13 May 2015) - "I am grateful for the opportunity to address the Council on the human cost of the illicit transfer, destabilizing accumulation and misuse of small arms and light weapons. The...