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France: UN rights expert to assess the situation of people with disabilities
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French GENEVA (28 September 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Ms. Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, will conduct her first official visit to France...
International Safe Abortion Day – Thursday 28 September 2017
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Spanish Safe abortions for all women who need them - not just the rich, say UN experts GENEVA (27 September 2017) – Speaking ahead of International Safe Abortion Day, a group of United Nations human...
CRPD/C/MAR/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of the Kingdom of Morocco
CRPD/C/MNE/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Montenegro
Right to health in Armenia: UN expert to make first visit
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Armenian YEREVAN / GENEVA (20 September 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, will visit Armenia from 25 September to 5 October 2017, to assess to what...
Disability rights body provides justice to albinism attack victim
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A person with albinism whose arm was hacked off seeks remedy from the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when his country, Tanzania, fails to prosecute his attackers.
End of mission Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, on her visit to Kazakhstan
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Astana, 12 September 2017 Members of the press, Ladies and gentlemen, In my capacity as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, I conclude today my first official...
Kazakhstan: Commitment to the rights of persons with disabilities positive but further steps needed – UN expert
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ASTANA / GENEVA (12 September 2017) – Kazakhstan has shown a strong commitment to advancing the rights of persons with disabilities, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities...
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concludes its eighteenth session
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 31 August 2017 ROUNDUP Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Panama, Morocco, Montenegro, Latvia, Luxembourg and the...