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The Vienna+20 conference looks to the future of the global human rights movement for the next two decades
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Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay calls on the global human rights community to stick with the hard-won fundamentals already in place and strive to bridge the implementation gap.
Concluding Statement by Ms. Navi Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Vienna + 20 Conference Vienna, 28 June 2013 Excellencies, Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you all for your efforts over these past two days. Your contributions have been thoughtful...
Pillay urges reconsideration of new appointments for the Afghan human rights commission
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GENEVA (28 JUNE 213) - The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, today warned that recent appointments to the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) compromise its...
Statement by H.E. Ambassador Remigiusz A. Henczel, President of the UN Human Rights Council
International Conference on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights
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Vienna, 27-28 June 2013 Mr. Chair, Excellencies, Distinguished panelists, Ladies and gentlemen, At the outset, let me thank the government of Austria and also a friend of mine from Geneva, Ambassador...
Vienna+20 – the future of human rights
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The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action agreed at the World Conference on Human Rights in 1993 has been described as one of the landmark documents of the twentieth century. The global human rights movement reviews progress since and assesses the future.
Keynote Speech by Ms. Navi Pillay
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
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Vienna + 20 Conference Vienna, 27 June 2013 Excellencies, Dear colleagues, Ladies and gentlemen, It is moving to be among so many friends today, in order to commemorate an occasion of such...
First mission to Sierra Leone by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion
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GENEVA (27 June 2013) – United Nations independent expert Heiner Bielefeldt will visit Sierra Leone from 30 June to 6 July 2013 to assess the situation in the country regarding the promotion and...
Pillay: 20 years after historic human rights breakthrough, much work remains
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VIENNA (27 June 2013) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday said there had been significant achievements since a historic human rights document was adopted in Vienna 20...
Navi Pillay to make first visit to Cameroon from 30 June to 2 July 2013
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YAOUNDE/GENEVA (27 June 2013) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, will conduct her first official mission to Cameroon from 30 June to 2 July 2013, at the invitation...