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End of mission statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Visit to Hungary
8 - 16 February 2016

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16 Feb 2016

Hungarian version Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by warmly thanking the Government of Hungary for inviting me and for its cooperation throughout this visit. The objective of my visit...

Statement attributable to the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

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15 Feb 2016

15 February 2016 - The Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic has primarily focused on the investigation, verification and reporting of serious human rights violations by all parties to the...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women meets representatives of non-governmental organizations

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15 Feb 2016

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 15 February 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon met with representatives of non-governmental...

Mongolia’s record on women’s rights to face review by UN Committee

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15 Feb 2016

GENEVA (15 February 2016) – Mongolia’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on 19 February. Mongolia has ratified...

UN rights expert urges the UK and Sweden to give good example to the world and implement the Assange ruling

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15 Feb 2016

GENEVA (15 February 2016) – United Nations human rights expert Alfred de Zayas today called on the Governments of the United Kingdom and Sweden to accept and implement without delay the findings and...

UAE: UN experts condemn trial of foreign nationals based on forced confessions and call for their release

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15 Feb 2016

GENEVA (15 February 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to respect the fundamental rights of several foreign nationals...

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women opens its sixty-third session

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15 Feb 2016

Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 15 February 2016 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women opened its sixty-third session this morning, hearing a...

Statement at the conclusion of the 108th session of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances

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15 Feb 2016

GENEVA (15 February 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concluded last Friday its 108th session, which took place in Rabat, Morocco, at the invitation of...

UN human rights experts urge Western Australia’s Parliament not to pass proposed anti-protest law

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15 Feb 2016

GENEVA (15 February 2016) – Three United Nations human rights experts have urged the State Parliament of Western Australia not to adopt new legislation which would result in criminalising lawful...

Out of sight, out of mind: deaths in detention in Syria

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15 Feb 2016

Syrian men, women, and children have been transferred to one of the dozens of official or secret Government-run detention facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic. Thousands of them have been killed while in custody.