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Bangladesh open-pit coal mine threatens fundamental rights, warn UN experts

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28 Feb 2012

GENEVA (28 February 2012) – “The Government of Bangladesh must ensure that any policy concerning open-pit coal mining includes robust safeguards to protect human rights. In the interim, the Phulbari...

Latvia: “Rejection of Russian as an official language should inspire dialogue on minority rights” – UN expert

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22 Feb 2012

GENEVA (22 February 2012) – United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, today encouraged the Government of Latvia to ensure its protection of the rights of the Russian speaking...

Ending impunity for homophobic killings

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08 Feb 2012

UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay welcomes the findings of a court in South Africa, which has handed down long sentences to a group of men found guilty of the brutal murder of a teenager who was living openly as a lesbian.

Panamá / Pueblos indígenas: experto de la ONU llama al diálogo en un clima de creciente tensión social

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07 Feb 2012

GINEBRA (7 de febrero de 2012) – El Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, James Anaya, instó al Gobierno de Panamá y a los pueblos indígenas a iniciar un...

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29 Jul 2003

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights opens its fifty-fifth session in Geneva

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28 Jul 2003

Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights 55th session 28 July 2003 Morning Elects Halima Embarek Warzazi as Chairperson, Adopts Agenda and Hears Statement by Acting High...

ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INDIGENOUS ISSUES

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25 Jul 2003

25 July 2003 morning ECOSOC Suspends 2003 Substantive Session The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning suspended its 2003 substantive session after adopting five resolutions and 13...

DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNOG ADDRESSES CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

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24 Jul 2003

24 July 2003 Sergei Ordzhonikidze, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, today delivered the opening address at the annual celebration at the Palais des Nations of the...

ECOSOC ADOPTS TEXTS ON PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE, LEBANESE DETAINEES IN ISRAEL, AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR

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23 Jul 2003

23.07.2003 morning Begins Consideration of Human Rights and Indigenous Issues The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this morning began its adoption of texts recommended to it by the Commission on...

ECOSOC ADOPTS DECISIONS RECOMMENDED BY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

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23 Jul 2003

23.07.03 afternoon Also Adopts Resolution on Long-term Support for Haiti The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) this afternoon took action on decisions recommended to it in the report of the...