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Working group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination
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Statement by Mr. Chris Kwaja Chairperson-Rapporteur 74th session of the General Assembly Third Committee Item 73 30 October 2019, New York Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, I am honoured to...
Negative racial stereotyping violates human rights of people of African descent, say UN experts
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NEW YORK (30 October 2019) – Racial stereotyping and negative characterisations of people of African descent, which were created to justify the enslavement of Africans, continue to harm people and...
Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group to hold thirty-fourth session in Geneva from 4 to 15 November 2019
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Working Group to Review the Human Rights Records in 14 States GENEVA (30 October 2019) - The thirty-fourth session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be...
Spain: Forced eviction violated right to housing, say UN experts
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Spanish GENEVA (30 October 2019) — Spain violated a family’s right to housing by failing to weigh their vulnerability in an eviction, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights said in a...
Italy’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review Working Group
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Italian version GENEVA (30 October 2019) – Italy’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 4...
UN Human Rights Office welcomes new agreement with Colombia
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Spanish GENEVA (30 October 2019) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet and Colombia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos Holmes Trujillo on Wednesday signed a Host Country...
El Salvador’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review
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Spanish GENEVA (30 October 2019) – El Salvador’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 4...
Gender equality and a definition of discrimination should be enshrined in the Constitution, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women urges in dialogue with Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women 30 October 2019 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women today considered the sixth periodic report of Bosnia and...
Human Rights Committee continues the first reading of its Draft General Comment on peaceful assembly
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Human Rights Committee 30 October 2019 The Human Rights Committee this afternoon continued the first reading of its draft General Comment No. 37 on article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil...