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Fundamental freedoms ‘inalienable and inherent – now and always,’ UN says on Human Rights Day

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10 Dec 2015

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Marking this year’s Human Rights Day, the UN is calling on the world to recognize and guarantee fundamental freedoms: freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom of speech and freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

Report on the human rights situation in Ukraine

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09 Dec 2015

Zeid hails end of death penalty in Mongolia

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09 Dec 2015

GENEVA (9 December 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday hailed the end of the death penalty in Mongolia as a welcome step in the fight for the human rights...

Ukraine: Reduction of hostilities but serious human rights concerns persist – UN report

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09 Dec 2015

GENEVA (9 December 2015) – In a conflict that has claimed more than 9,000 lives, the last few months have seen a significant reduction of hostilities in certain parts of eastern Ukraine, according to...

Committee against Torture concludes fifty-sixth session

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09 Dec 2015

ROUNDUP 9 December 2015 Adopts Recommendations on Reports of Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Austria, Denmark, China, including Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau, and Jordan The...

UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan, Austria, Denmark, China and Jordan

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09 Dec 2015

GENEVA (9 December 2015) – The UN Committee against Torture has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 9 November to 9 December: Liechtenstein, Azerbaijan...

“As the Covenants turn 50, it is time to turn norms into action” – UN experts

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09 Dec 2015

Human Rights Day – Thursday 10 December 2015 GENEVA (9 December 2015) – Speaking ahead of Human Rights Day 2015, the largest body of independent experts of the United Nations Human Rights system...

UN Human Rights Chief appeals to climate negotiators in Paris

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09 Dec 2015

NEW YORK (9 December 2015) Speaking on the eve of Human Rights Day in New York, High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein appealed to negotiators putting the final touches on a climate...

Statement by Ms. Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, at UNGASS 2016 on the World Drug Problem: focus on people, public health and human rights

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09 Dec 2015

Vienna, 9 December 2015 Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, The UN Human Rights office issued its first-ever comprehensive report on the impact of the world drug problem on the enjoyment of human...

For Human Rights Day 10 December
Zeid calls for universal ratification and respect for the ‘bedrock’ human rights treaties

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09 Dec 2015

GENEVA (9 December 2015) – Two fundamental human rights treaties adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 are as important and relevant today as they were half a century ago and should...