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Iran: UN experts say executions of child offenders must stop

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25 Nov 2021

UN human rights experts* today strongly condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali, convicted for an alleged murder committed when he was 17, and demanded that Iran stop sentencing children to death...

Mongolia: UN rights expert to assess violence against women

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25 Nov 2021

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Reem Alsalem, will visit Mongolia from 29 November to 8 December 2021. “During my visit, I will review the implementation of international...

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Ask Chile about the Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples, and about Migrants’ Access to Rights

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25 Nov 2021

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-third periodic report of Chile, during which its Experts asked about...

Report highlights unsafe and undignified expulsion of migrants from Libya

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25 Nov 2021

A new report examines the human rights consequences suffered by migrants who are being expelled from Libya, and calls for relevant governments and other stakeholders to uphold their obligations under international human rights law.

Unsafe and Undignified: The forced expulsion of migrants from Libya

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25 Nov 2021

This report sheds light on the widespread risk of expulsions from Libya's external land borders that fail to respect the prohibition of collective expulsion and the principle of non-refoulement...

Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Ask Denmark about the Housing and Integration of Migrants and their Descendants, and about Hate Speech and Hate Crimes

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24 Nov 2021

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-second to twenty-fourth periodic report of Denmark, during which its Experts asked...

Sri Lanka: UN expert to visit to assess contemporary forms of slavery

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24 Nov 2021

The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, will undertake his first country visit to Sri Lanka from 26 November to 3 December 2021. He will examine the labour...

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women - 25 November 2021

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24 Nov 2021

Women and girls everywhere continue to be subjected to multiple forms of gender-based violence, including femicide, online violence and domestic violence, UN and regional experts* said today. They...

UN expert on transitional justice to review progress in Croatia

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24 Nov 2021

The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Fabian Salvioli, will carry out an official visit to Croatia from 26 November to 2 December...

UN human rights expert to visit Nepal to assess poverty

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24 Nov 2021

The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will visit Nepal from 29 November to 9 December 2021 to examine the Government’s efforts to alleviate poverty....