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A year for people of African descent
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A chapter closes but another one opens: the International Year should lead to an International Decade for People of African Descent.
End impunity for peace and development in West Africa
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Peace and stability in West Africa requires the fight against impunity and respect for human rights at the national and regional level.
Haitian authorities must investigate allegations of police torture and killings – UN reports
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27 December 2011 GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE – The UN’s human rights presence in Haiti on Tuesday urged Haitian authorities to properly investigate and prosecute police officers suspected of unlawful...
UN experts alarmed at continued detention of Venezuelan Judge Afiuni
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27 December 2011 GENEVA - Three United Nations independent experts* on Tuesday expressed their deep shock and concern at new and alarming developments in the case of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni Mora....
Political transitions provide opportunities to promote women’s human rights
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Political transitions provide a unique opportunity to promote the human rights of women.
China: UN Experts Denounce Secret Detention of human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng
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GENEVA (23 December 2012) – UN human rights experts* on Friday denounced the continued secret detention of Gao Zhisheng, a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer who was arrested in 2006. They...
UN Human Rights Chief deeply concerned by harsh sentencing of Chen Wei
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GENEVA - The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said that she was deeply concerned about the verdict and extremely harsh sentence in the trial of leading human rights activist Chen Wei...