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CERD/C/PRT/CO/15-17: Concluding observations on the fifteenth to seventeenth periodic reports of Portugal
Report on the twenty-third annual meeting of special rapporteurs/representatives, independent experts and chairpersons of working groups of the special procedures of the Human Rights Council (Geneva, 6 to 10 June 2016), including updated information on special procedures - Note by the Secretariat
Mental health and human rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Facts and figures with regard to the special procedures in 2016
End-of-visit statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights, Baskut Tuncak on his visit to the United Kingdom, 17 – 31 January 2017
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31 January 2017 In my capacity as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, I undertook an official country visit to the United Kingdom, at the...
‘Brexit’ brings a risk to human rights protection against toxic pollution – UN expert
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LONDON (31 January 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on hazardous substances and wastes, Baskut Tuncak, today called on the United Kingdom to ensure that its leaving the European Union...
Committee on the Rights of the Child examines the reports of Malawi
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GENEVA (31 January 2017) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Malawi on its implementation of the Convention...
Committee on the Rights of the Child meets with States
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GENEVA (31 January 2017) - The Committee on the Rights of the Child this afternoon held its ninth informal meeting with States, during which it discussed, inter alia , the global study on the...
Torture is torture, and waterboarding is not an exception – UN expert urges the US not to reinstate it
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GENEVA (30 January 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has appealed to US President Donald Trump not to reconsider the acceptability of waterboarding and other...