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During UN’s busiest week, human rights is focus of many debates

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23 Sep 2015

As the annual gathering of world leaders representing the 193 member states of the United Nations gets under way at UN headquarters in New York, here are the three main human rights related events to follow - on the death penalty, LGBT, and Sustainable Development Goals . All three events take place on Tuesday, 29 September.

A/HRC/30/30: Role and achievements of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in assisting the Government and people of Cambodia in the promotion and protection of human rights

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22 Sep 2015

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 24/29, in which the Council requested the Secretary-General to report to the Council at its thirtieth session on the role...

Statement by Flavia Pansieri, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights for the Opening exhibition “Empowered peoples, living cultures” to mark the 30th anniversary of the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples

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22 Sep 2015

22 September 2015 Excellencies, friends and colleagues, I would like to welcome you all to the opening of the exhibition “Empowered peoples, living cultures”, hold today to mark the 30th anniversary...

Statement by Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, at the Workshop on the development of the National Human Rights Action Plan, Kyiv, 21 September 2015

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22 Sep 2015

Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be with you today, on the occasion of this important event dedicated to the development of the Human Rights Action Plan of Ukraine, and to...

UN human rights expert to assess the situation of migrants in Australia

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22 Sep 2015

GENEVA (22 September 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit Australia from 27 September to 9 October 2015 to assess the migration...

UN torture prevention body presents confidential preliminary findings to Italian Government

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22 Sep 2015

ROME (22 September 2015) - “In the challenging times of the current migration crisis, it is very important to ensure that everyone is treated well, regardless of their legal status,” said Hans-Jörg...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights examines report of Burundi

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22 Sep 2015

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 22 September 2015 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Burundi on the...

Saudi Arabia must immediately halt execution of children – UN rights experts urge

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22 Sep 2015

GENEVA (22 September 2015) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today urged the Government of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr, who was convicted for a crime...

Committee on the Rights of the Child examines report of Brazil

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22 Sep 2015

Committee on the Rights of the Child 22 September 2015 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined second to fourth periodic report of Brazil on its...

Human Rights Council holds general debate on human rights bodies and mechanisms

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22 Sep 2015

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON/EVENING 22 September 2015 Concludes Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous...