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CAT/C/IRL/CO/2: Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Ireland
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances to review Gabon and Lithuania
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GENEVA ( 31 August 2017) – Gabon and Lithuania are due to be reviewed by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), which is meeting in Geneva from 4 to 15 September. The Committee, which is...
UN expert on the rights of persons with disabilities to visit Kazakhstan
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GENEVA (31 August 2017) – United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Catalina Devandas will undertake an official visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan from 4 to 12...
UN Committee on Migrant Workers to review Ecuador, Indonesia and Mexico
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GENEVA (31 August 2017) –The UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) is meeting in Geneva from 4 to 13 September to review: Ecuador...
Battle to regain Raqqa must not be about defeating ISIL at all costs – Zeid
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GENEVA (31 August 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Thursday stressed that the battle to regain Al-Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor from ISIL must not be waged at the expense...
UN expert concerned at condition of prisoners on hunger strike in Iran
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GENEVA (31 August 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Asma Jahangir, today expressed her deep concern about the situation of a number of prisoners who...
Myanmar: Worsening cycle of violence in Rakhine must be broken urgently, UN expert warns
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GENEVA (31 August 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert has expressed alarm at the deteriorating situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, affecting not just the Rakhine and Muslim populations but...
Report: Protestors in Venezuela subjected to human rights violations and abuses
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A UN Human Rights Office report looking into the human rights violations and abuses during the protests in Venezuela over a four-month period shows the alarming increase in the use of force by security forces on protestors.