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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opens sixty-first session
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 29 May 2017 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened its sixty-first session this morning, hearing opening remarks by Carla...
Committee on the Rights of the Child considers the repot of Antigua and Barbuda
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Committee on the Rights of the Child 29 May 2017 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the combined second to fourth periodic report of Antigua and Barbuda on the implementation of...
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights hears from civil society organizations from Australia, Uruguay and the Netherlands
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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 29 May 2017 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this afternoon heard from civil society organizations from Australia, Uruguay and...
Airstrikes, ISIL causing civilian casualties in Syria — Zeid
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Arabic | French GENEVA (26 May 2017) – Civilians in Syria are increasingly paying the price as counter-ISIL airstrikes escalate while ISIL cracks down on those in and around areas remaining under its...
26th session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, 22-26 May 2017
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Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences Ms. Dubravka Simonovic Vienna, Austria Excellences, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and...
Press briefing note in Syria, Indonesia / LGBT and Gaza
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 26 May 2017 Subject: (1) Syria, (2) Indonesia / LGBT and (3) Gaza (1) Syria Civilians in Syria are...
UN rights expert urges the international community to support Somalia on all fronts
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MOGADISHU / GENEVA (26 May 2017) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga, has called on the international community to support...
Committee on the Rights of the Child considers the report of Mongolia
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GENEVA (26 May 2017) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today considered the fifth periodic report of Mongolia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Introducing...
After more than half a century, a community receives justice
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After more than 50 years, the Rastafari community of Coral Gardens in Jamaica have received recognition, recompense and an expression of regret of the human rights violations against hundreds of Rastafarians across the island. The UN Human Rights Advisor assisted the community in their advocacy to honour the commitment to justice.