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Seeking ways to eliminate human trafficking in Niger

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26 Sep 2012

Hundreds of thousands of people each year fall prey to human traffickers worldwide. Lawyers and human rights experts in Niger examine how to consolidate the fight against trafficking in humans in the country and the sub region.

Pillay urges action to confront “chronic insecurity” facing lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders in Honduras

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26 Sep 2012

GENEVA (26 September 2012) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Wednesday the recent killing of two more lawyers working on human rights cases in Honduras were emblematic of “the...

Tunisia: UN and African experts on rights defenders in first official visit to North Africa since ‘Arab Spring’

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26 Sep 2012

GENEVA (26 September 2012) – The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, and the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders of the African Commission on Human and Peoples...

“Reform and transparency” – Two reports on Cambodia’s elections and land concessions

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26 Sep 2012

GENEVA (26 September 2012) - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, urged the Cambodian authorities to implement reforms to ensure that...

Human Rights Council holds interactive dialogues with Experts on the situation of human rights in Somalia and in Sudan

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26 Sep 2012

MORNING 26 September 2012 The Human Rights Council this morning held interactive dialogues with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia and the Independent Expert on the...

Migrants and the Mediterranean, next stop: Italy – UN expert continues study on EU external borders

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26 Sep 2012

GENEVA (26 September 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, will visit Italy from 30 September to 8 October as part of his yearlong study on...

Committee on the Rights of the Child examines reports of Albania on sale of children and on children involved in armed conflict

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26 Sep 2012

26 September 2012 The Committee on the Rights of the Child considered this morning Albania’s initial reports under the two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which deal...

Council holds general debate on technical assistance and capacity building

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26 Sep 2012

AFTERNOON 26 September 2012 Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Presents Reports on South Sudan, Cambodia, Somalia and Yemen The Human Rights Council this afternoon heard the Deputy High...

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education welcomes the UN Secretary-General’s Global Initiative on Education

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26 Sep 2012

26 September 2012 “Today is a historic day when the central role of education in accelerating progress towards the MDGs is once again reaffirmed”, stated the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to...

Introductory remarks by Ms. Kyung-wha Kang Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Human Rights Council 21st Session

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26 Sep 2012

Agenda item 10 26 Septmber 2012 Mr. Vicepresident, Distinguished members of the Human Rights Council, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to introduce the reports of the Secretary-General...