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Torture prevention: UN body to resume visit to Ukraine, and announces visits for 2017 including Rwanda, Bolivia and Hungary

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28 Jun 2016

GENEVA (28 June 2016) – Rwanda, Bolivia, Hungary and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are among the countries that the UN torture prevention body plans to visit during the first half of 2017...

Human Rights Council holds general debate on universal periodic review

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27 Jun 2016

MORNING GENEVA (27 June 2016) - The Human Rights Council this morning held a general debate on the Universal Periodic Review. In the general debate, speakers underlined that the Universal Periodic...

Argentina’s human rights record to be reviewed by UN Committee

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27 Jun 2016

GENEVA (27 June 2016) – Argentina’s human rights record will be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee on 29 and 30 June in Geneva. As one of the 168 States that have ratified the International...

Human Rights Committee discusses methods of work

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27 Jun 2016

Adopts the Guidelines against Intimidation or Reprisals (“San Jose Guidelines”) GENEVA (27 June 2016) - The Human Rights Committee discussed its methods of work this morning, focusing on outcomes of...

Human Rights Council discusses human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied arab territories

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27 Jun 2016

MIDDAY GENEVA (27 June 2016) - The Human Rights Council today held a general debate on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. Israel was not in the room to take...

UN women’s rights committee to review Philippines, Myanmar, France, Albania, Turkey, Uruguay, Mali, Trinidad and Tobago

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27 Jun 2016

GENEVA (27 June 2016) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 4 to 22 July to review women’s rights in the following countries...

Human Rights Council holds general debate on the implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

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27 Jun 2016

AFTERNOON GENEVA (27 June 2016) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a general debate on the follow-up to and implementation of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. During the...

Increased use of private security providers need closer monitoring

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27 Jun 2016

一名私营安保公司雇员在德国从难民手中收集食物券。© EPA/Harald Titel

States need clearer guidelines and accountability mechanisms when it comes to managing private security providers, Christof Heyns, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.

International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June

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24 Jun 2016

European and UN anti-torture bodies: duty to protect dignity of detained persons more relevant than ever in current global context of instability and economic crisis 24.6.2016 Geneva/Strasbourg -...

“Artistic expression is not a crime” – UN rights experts urge the Iranian Government to free jailed artists

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24 Jun 2016

GENEVA (24 June 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, and on freedom of expression, David Kaye, today called on the Government of the Islamic Republic of...