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The Special Representative expresses deep concern
over the defamation verdicts against opposition leader
Sam Rainsy
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27 December 2005 Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Human Rights in Cambodia The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for human rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, is concerned...
UN EXPERT VOICES CONCERN FOR INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PERSONS IN GEORGIA
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27 December 2005 The following statement was issued today by the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Walter Kälin: "Persons...
HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS URGES
UZBEKISTAN TO RESPECT FAIR-TRIAL STANDARDS
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23 December 2005 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour today urged the Uzbek Government to abide by international standards of due process, amid reports that dozens of...
UN EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INTERNALLY
DISPLACED PERSONS VISITS GEORGIA,
INCLUDING ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA
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21 December 2005 The Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Walter Kälin, is undertaking an official visit to Georgia...
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
DEFENDERS: VISIT TO BRAZIL
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20 December 2005 The Special Representative of the Secretary General on the situation of Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani, visited Brazil from 5 to 20 December 2005. At the end of her mission she...
E/CN.4/2006/92: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the sectoral consultation entitled "Human rights and the extractive industry", 10-11 November 2005
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Summary The present report is submitted in response to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2005/69 in which the Commission requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights to convene an annual...
UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CALLS ON GERMANY
TO PUT UZBEKISTAN’S INTERIOR MINISTER ON
TRIAL FOR CRIMES OF TORTURE
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16 December 2005 The Special Rapporteur on torture of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, Manfred Nowak, issued the following statement today: The Special Rapporteur on torture calls on the...
RELIEF AND REHABILITATION EFFORTS
REMAIN PROBLEMATIC ONE YEAR AFTER
ASIAN TSUNAMI, SAY UN EXPERTS
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19 December 2005 The following statement was issued today by the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living of the United Nations Commission...
STATEMENT BY MR. JORGE BUSTAMANTE, SPECIAL
RAPPORTEUR ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF
MIGRANTS AND MR. PRASAD KARIYAWASAM,
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON
MIGRANT WORKERS
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ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY, 18 DECEMBER 2005 International Migrants day is an occasion to recall the important contribution made by migrants today and throughout history to the...