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Human Rights Council holds general debate on Universal Periodic Review

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29 Jun 2018

AFTERNOON 29 June 2018 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. In the discussion, speakers underscored that the Universal Periodic Review was...

Centre puts human rights and sports on same team

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29 Jun 2018

A coalition of sporting bodies and human rights groups launched the Centre for Sport and Human Rights in Geneva this week. The independent Centre will promote effective ways to mitigate, prevent and remedy the human rights impacts associated with sports and sporting events.

‘I just wanted to die’ says torture survivor on way to recovery

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29 Jun 2018

On her birthday, 26 June, which is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, a torture survivor spoke at the United Nations about how a rehabilitation programme has turned her life around.

Youth and human rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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28 Jun 2018

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples on her visit to Mexico - Note by the Secretariat

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28 Jun 2018

High-level intersessional discussion celebrating the centenary of Nelson Mandela - Summary report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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28 Jun 2018

Zeid appalled by execution of juvenile offenders in Iran

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28 Jun 2018

GENEVA (28 June 2018) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday condemned the continued implementation of the death penalty against juvenile offenders in Iran...

UN women’s rights committee to review Australia, Cook Islands, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, State of Palestine and Turkmenistan

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28 Jun 2018

GENEVA (June 29, 2018) — The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from July 2-20 to review women’s rights in the following countries: Australia...

Central African Republic: Effective actions for protection, peace and reconciliation urged by UN expert

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28 Jun 2018

French GENEVA / BANGUI (28 June 2018) – A UN expert has called for better coordination of peace initiatives, transitional justice and reconciliation in the Central African Republic, after her report...

Myanmar: UN human rights expert to visit Bangladesh

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28 Jun 2018

GENEVA (28 June 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit Bangladesh from 29 June to 8 July to visit Dhaka and various locations in Cox’s...