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A/HRC/37/56: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities- Note by the Secretariat
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Summary Around the world, experiences of peer support, advanced directives, advocacy and other support measures are showing the way to allow persons with disabilities to make their own decisions on...
A/HRC/37/56/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities on her visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - Note by the Secretariat
Bahrain: UN experts welcome medical care for Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim but urge full respect for rights
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GENEVA (7 December 2017) – Four UN experts* have called on Bahrain to ensure the human rights of the country's most senior Shia leader, 76 year old Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, are fully respected....
A world for all
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The wider inclusion of persons with disabilities and the meaningful commitment of the international community to uphold their rights is the only way forward to equality, panellists say at the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
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30 June 2003 JOINT UNAIDS and OHCHR Discussion on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights Opening remarks Bertrand Ramcharan, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights I would like to thank our colleagues at UNAIDS...
GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE VOICES SUPPORT FOR CONVENTION ON RIGHTS
OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
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19 June 2003 A vast majority of speakers expressed support for drafting a convention on the rights of persons with disabilities during the session of the General Assembly committee established to...
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS
AT THE G8-NEPAD DINNER IN EVIAN, FRANCE
ON 1 JUNE 2003
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1 June 2003 Following are the remarks made by the Secretary-General at the G8-NEPAD dinner in Evian, France on 1 June 2003: “We were talking this afternoon about the vital importance of the eighth...