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Human Rights Committee to hold its one-hundredth and fifth session in Geneva from 9 to 27 July

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05 Jul 2012

Human Rights Committee BACKGROUND RELEASE 5 July 2012 Experts Will Review Reports of Iceland, Lithuania, Maldives, Armenia and Kenya Reports submitted by the Governments of Iceland, Lithuania...

Human Rights Committee to hold its one-hundredth and fifth session in Geneva from 9 to 27 July

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05 Jul 2012

Human Rights Committee BACKGROUND RELEASE 5 July 2012 Experts Will Review Reports of Iceland, Lithuania, Maldives, Armenia and Kenya Reports submitted by the Governments of Iceland, Lithuania...

Imprisoning migrants is not the answer, says UN expert

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04 Jul 2012

The detention of irregular migrants should be a measure of last resort, says the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants.

Human Rights Council holds general debate on technical assistance and capacity building efforts

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04 Jul 2012

Human Rights Council MORNING 4 July 2012 Discusses Report on Technical Cooperation on Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan and Concludes Dialogue with Independent Expert on Human Rights in Haiti The Human...

Statement of High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at the OHCHR-Global Panel on “Moving away from the Death Penalty – Lessons from national experiences”, 3 July 2012, New York

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03 Jul 2012

Distinguished delegates, Representatives of civil society, Colleagues, and friends, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of you, and thank you for participating in this event organized by my...

Militarization of Syrian conflict must be stopped, says UN human rights chief Navi Pillay

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03 Jul 2012

The UN Human Rights Chief reiterated her call for accountability for all human rights violations and that the situation should be referred to the International Criminal Court; citing evidence points to crimes against humanity.

Calls for end to death penalty

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03 Jul 2012

With United Nations member countries set to discuss the abolition of the death penalty later this year, activists and top UN officials call for an end to capital punishment.

UN housing rights expert to visit to Rwanda - 5-13 July 2012

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03 Jul 2012

GENEVA (3 July 2012) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik, will undertake an official mission to Rwanda from 5 to 13 July 2012, at the invitation of the...

States must tackle racist attacks by extremist groups, from political to sporting arenas – UN anti-racism expert

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03 Jul 2012

GENEVA (3 July 2012) – The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Mutuma Ruteere, on Tuesday called on States to pay close...

Press briefing note on Syria

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03 Jul 2012

联合国人权事务高级专员代言人：鲁珀特·科尔维尔地点：日内瓦日期：2012年7月3日 Yesterday, as you have heard, the High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addressed the Security Council. It was a closed-door session, but...