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UN expert to assess human rights situation of older persons in Mauritius

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22 Apr 2015

GENEVA (22 April 2015) – United Nations human rights expert Rosa Kornfeld-Matte will carry out her first official visit to Mauritius from 28 April to 8 May 2015 to assess the human rights situation of...

Committee against Torture considers the report of New Zealand

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22 Apr 2015

22 April 2014 The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report of New Zealand on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention against Torture and...

Opening remarks of Ambassador Filloreta Kodra (Albania), Vice President of the Human Rights Council ‘Strengthening NGO participation and the right to freedom of association at the UN: current challenges and opportunities for reform’

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22 Apr 2015

22 April 2015 On behalf of the President of the Human Rights Council it is an honor to participate in this important event. The President would have loved to be here but is currently on mission in New...

In Bogotá, UN deputy rights chief says ‘peace is the only option’ for Colombia

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22 Apr 2015

The road to peace is a complex and winding one, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said today during her visit to Colombia, a country with a “unique opportunity to evolve into a society” where everyone enjoys rights equally and without discrimination.

UN rights official cites Afghanistan’s ‘paradox’ of new opportunities for peace amid growing violence

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22 Apr 2015

Recent violence underlined the fact that it would be Afghan civilians who pay the price and more work needs to be done to protect them, says Ivan Šimonović, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, at the end of a seven-day mission to Afghanistan.

Pakistan: UN human rights experts welcome Supreme Court ruling on death penalty

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21 Apr 2015

GENEVA (21 April 2015) – A group of United Nations independent experts* welcomed today the recent decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to suspend death sentences imposed by military courts. “We...

Afghanistan: UN human rights official urges stronger protection for civilians

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21 Apr 2015

KABUL/NEW YORK/GENEVA (21 April 2015) – “Afghanistan finds itself in a paradoxical situation. On the one hand, there are new opportunities for peace talks that would have been unimaginable only a few...

Cooperate to save migrants' lives, urges UN Committee

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21 Apr 2015

GENEVA (21 April 2015) – The latest, and worst, loss of life in the Mediterranean Sea demands concerted action by all to save migrants' lives, the UN Committee on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and...

Opening remarks by UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri at a press conference during her mission to Colombia

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21 Apr 2015

Bogotá, 21 April 2015 I'm very happy to have undertaken this visit to Colombia, a country that I have visited several times in different capacities in the past. This time, as Deputy High Commissioner...

Committee against Torture meets with States parties to discuss working methods

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21 Apr 2015

21 April 2015 The Committee against Torture this afternoon met with States parties to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to discuss working...