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CRC/C/OPAC/BEN/CO/1: Concluding observations on the report submitted by Benin under article 8 (1) of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflic
UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria stresses the need to account for the fate and whereabouts of detained and missing individuals countrywide
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Arabic NEW YORK, 28 November 2018 – In the wake of recent information released by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic on the deaths of numerous detained and/or missing persons, the Commission...
Migrant caravan: States have duty to protect human rights
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Spanish GENEVA (28 November 2018) – Migrants and other persons in mobility, such as refugees and asylum seekers, travelling in caravans from Central America towards Mexico and the United States of...
Mexico: UN experts welcome Supreme Court ruling against militarisation of public security
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Spanish GENEVA (28 November 2018) — UN human rights experts have welcomed a ruling by Mexico’s Supreme Court that the new Internal Security Law was unconstitutional, in its entirety. They have called...
Women human rights defenders must be protected, say UN experts
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International Women Human Rights Defenders Day 29 November 2018 GENEVA (28 November 2018) – States must live up to their commitments to protect women human rights defenders, who are increasingly under...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: 30 Articles on 30 Articles - Article 19
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Spanish Article 19: Freedom of Opinion and Expression Why would a human rights organization go to court to support someone whose extreme political views or ethical position it fundamentally opposes? A...
Committee against Torture reviews the initial report of Maldives
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Committee against Torture 28 November 2018 The Committee against Torture this afternoon completed its consideration of the initial report of Maldives on its implementation of the provisions of the...
Graffiti for human rights – the colours of equality
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Senegal’s first female graffiti artist, Dieynaba “Zeinixx” Sidibé, believes in all human rights for everyone.
Be the Leader you are looking for.' Stand up for Human Rights.
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UN Human Rights marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on December 10 2018. "“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home...