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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Closes One Hundred and Sixth Session after Adopting Concluding Observations on Reports of Cameroon, Estonia, Luxembourg and Kazakhstan

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29 Apr 2022

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination this afternoon closed its one hundred and sixth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Cameroon, Estonia...

Statement by Mr Erik Møse, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, to United Nations Security Council Arria Formula Meeting - 27 April 2022

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29 Apr 2022

Chair, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, I would like to thank the organisers – the permanent mission to the UN of the...

Detention of activists in Jordan

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29 Apr 2022

We are concerned by the continued detention in Jordan of peaceful activists arrested in February and March under the Law of Crime Prevention and the Cybercrime Prevention Law, in what appears to be...

Torture survivors and NGO make big strides towards justice

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29 Apr 2022

Wassim Mukdad plays the oud during a recent UN Torture Fund Meeting

Thanks to universal jurisdiction — a little-used feature of international law —some of Syria’s intelligence officers face their crimes

Experts of the Committee against Torture Commend Cuba on the Criminal Code, Ask about the Death Penalty and the July 2021 Protests

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29 Apr 2022

The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of Cuba on its efforts to implement the provisions of the Convention against Torture, commending Cuba for...

UN expert on contemporary forms of slavery to visit Mauritania

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29 Apr 2022

GENEVA (29 April 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, will conduct an official visit to Mauritania from 4 to 13 May 2022. During the mission, the UN...

UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issues findings on Cameroon, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg

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29 Apr 2022

GENEVA (29 April 2022) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday issued findings on Cameroon, Estonia, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg after reviewing the States parties in...

Ukraine: civilian casualty update 29 April 2022

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29 Apr 2022

Date: 29 April 2022 From 4 a.m. on 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 24:00 midnight on 28 April 2022 (local time), the Office of the UN High...

Concerns for independent media in Mali after shutdowns

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29 Apr 2022

We are deeply dismayed by the Malian media regulator’s decision to definitively suspend Radio France Internationale (RFI) and France24. We call on Mali’s transitional military authorities to reverse...

Climate change expert brings passion, experience to new post

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29 Apr 2022

“There is an enormous spectrum of issues that connect human rights and climate change,” said Ian Fry, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change. The position was established by the Human Rights Council in October 2021.