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UN expert calls for accountability “in the midst of a very serious crisis” of attacks on journalists
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First International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists - Sunday 2 November 2014 GENEVA (2 November 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of...
Human Rights Committee concludes its one hundred and twelfth session
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ROUNDUP 31 October 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the reports of Sri Lanka, Burundi, Haiti, Malta, Montenegro and Israel The Human Rights Committee this afternoon concluded...
Mercury: The world cannot wait any longer to control a major pollutant threatening human rights
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GENEVA (31 October 2014) – The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and toxics, Baskut Tuncak, urged Governments around the world to expedite the ratification process of the Minamata...
Press briefing notes on Singapore and Tunisia
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 31 October 2014 (1) Singapore We are disappointed by the Singapore Supreme Court ruling on 29 October...
General comment No. 35 on Article 9, Liberty and security of person
CRPD/C/DNK/CO/1: Concluding observations on the initial report of Denmark
UN independent experts on torture and summary executions to conduct first visit to Gambia
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GENEVA (30 October 2014) – Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs will carry out the first official visit ever to the Gambia by experts of the Human Rights Council Special Procedures*. The UN Special...
Liberty and security: Human Rights Committee clarifies limits on detention
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GENEVA (30 October 2014) – The UN Human Rights Committee has issued an authoritative new commentary on one of the most important issues in international human rights law – when and how is it justified...
Violence against women: UN expert launches first official visit to Afghanistan in a decade
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GENEVA (30 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Rashida Manjoo, will visit the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 4 to10 November 2014 to assess the...