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Twelve UN agencies issue unprecedented joint statement on rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & intersex people

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29 Sep 2015

GENEVA (29 September 2015) – In an unprecedented joint initiative, 12 UN agencies* today issued a powerful joint call to action on ending violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual...

Statement by Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the Panel discussion on the impact of the world drug problem on the enjoyment of human rights

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28 Sep 2015

28 September 2015 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, This panel discussion will address the impact of the world drug problem on the enjoyment of human rights. It is informed by the...

Concluding observations on the combined eighth to tenth periodic reports of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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Concluding observations

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20 Sep 2015

Keynote speech by Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights at the International Parliamentarian Panel on Freedom of Religion or Belief on: Multinational Efforts to Promote Freedom of Religion or Belief - Joint Action for the Common Good, New York, 18 September 2015

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18 Sep 2015

Dear organisers, Your Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It is a great honour and privilege to be among such a distinguished group of parliamentarians from different continents. As my colleague from...

Opening remarks by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Expert meeting on ending human rights violations against intersex persons

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16 Sep 2015

Geneva, 16 September 2015 Room 15, Centre International de Conférences Genève Colleagues and Friends, This is a historic meeting: the first time that the United Nations has convened a discussion...

Preliminary findings of Country Visit to Bangladesh by Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief

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09 Sep 2015

Bengali version PRESS STATEMENT Dhaka, 9 September 2015 I. Introduction From 31 August to 9 September, I have undertaken a country visit to Bangladesh in my capacity as United Nations Special...

Bangladesh: a secular State with a State religion?

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Press releases

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09 Sep 2015

DHAKA/GENEVA (9 September 2015) – The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt, said on Wednesday that “the Constitution of Bangladesh, which enshrines the principle...