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Joint Statement by UN human rights experts*, the Rapporteur on the Rights of Women of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Special Rapporteurs on the Rights of Women and Human Rights Defenders of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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24 Sep 2015

* The UN Special Rapporteurs on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, on the situation of human rights defenders, on violence against...

More needs to be done to protect women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights – UN and regional experts

On the occasion of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development / 25-27 September 2015

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24 Sep 2015

GENEVA / BANJUL / WASHINGTON D.C. (24 September 2015) – A group of international and regional human rights experts today urged* Governments to seize the opportunity of the upcoming adoption of the new...

Philippines: UN experts urge probe into killings of three Indigenous peoples’ rights defenders

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22 Sep 2015

GENEVA (22 September 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, and on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, today...

Ecuador / Freedom of expression: UN and IACHR experts condemn moves to dissolve prominent organization

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17 Sep 2015

GENEVA / WASHINGTON, DC (17 September 2015) – A group of rapporteurs* from the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today expressed grave concern over the...

UN expert raises alarm as Kazakhstan jails twice a rights defender for convening a peaceful assembly

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01 Sep 2015

GENEVA (1 September 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Maina Kiai today called on the Kazakhstan authorities to immediately release and drop all charges against civil society activist Ermek...

REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS TO VISIT TURKEY

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31 Oct 2003

31 October 2003 The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders, Hina Jilani, will undertake a fact-finding mission to the Republic of Turkey from 1 to 10 December 2003...

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS
EXPRESS CONCERN OVER THE CONVICTION
OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER IN MALAYSIA

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17 Oct 2003

The United Nations Special Rapporteur of the Commission of Human Rights on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, Mr. Ambeyi Ligabo, and the United Nations...

HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS EXPRESS THEIR PROFOUND CONCERN OVER THE SITUATION IN BOLIVIA

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16 Oct 2003

The Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr. Theo Van Boven; the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, Mrs. Asma Jahangir; the Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and the...