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Striking a balance between freedom of expression and the prohibition of incitement to hatred

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23 Oct 2012

Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, Kyung-wha Kang says, “Freedom of religion cannot exist if freedom of expression is not respected.” The two are “mutually dependent and reinforcing”, she says.

Consolidating the rights of women in conflict and post-conflict situations

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22 Oct 2012

Human rights experts examine protecting the rights of women in conflict and post-conflict situations in French speaking African countries.

Colombia: UN experts call on the authorities to reconsider the constitutional reform of military criminal justice

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22 Oct 2012

GENEVA (22 October 2012) – Eleven United Nations human rights experts have called on the Government and the Congress of Colombia to reconsider the proposed reform of the country’s Political...

Open letter by Special Procedures mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council to the Government and representatives of the Congress of the Republic of Colombia

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22 Oct 2012

In our capacities as Special Procedures mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council, we would like to express our concern at the possible adoption by the Congress of the Republic of a project to...

Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold fourteenth session in Geneva from 22 October to 5 November 2012

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16 Oct 2012

BACKGROUND PRESS RELEASE 16 October 2012 The fourteenth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 22 October to 5 November during...

Pakistan: UN experts call for greater protection for school children and activists against extremist groups

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12 Oct 2012

GENEVA (12 October 2012) – A group of United Nations independent experts on rights defenders, summary executions, freedom of expression and education today urged the Government of Pakistan to make...

Guatemala / Pueblos indígenas: expertos de la ONU piden que se investigue la violencia ocurrida en Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán

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12 Oct 2012

GINEBRA (12 de octubre de 2012) – Un grupo de expertos independientes de las Naciones Unidas exhortaron al Gobierno de Guatemala a esclarecer los actos de violencia acaecidos el jueves 4 de octubre en...

Globalization – a paradox of perils and opportunities

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10 Oct 2012

The importance of people-centred development in an increasingly globalized world is the focus of this year’s Social Forum in Geneva.

Stigma: an obstacle to universal access to water and sanitation

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05 Oct 2012

Stigma and the realization of the human rights to water and sanitation is the focus of a report of the UN expert on water and sanitation, Catarina de Albuquerque.

Joint statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya and the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders of the African Commission on Human and People's rights, Reine Alapini-Gansou, at the end of their visit to Tunisia (27 September - 5 October 2012)

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05 Oct 2012

French 5 October 2012 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Tunisia has undergone tremendous changes since the Revolution which brought down the regime of Ben Ali on 14 January 2011. Everyone we have...