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Fact Sheet No. 07 (Rev. 2): Individual Complaints Procedures under the United Nations Human Rights Treaties

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01 May 2013

This Fact Sheet explains the procedures open to individuals who claim to be victims of violations of rights contained in international human rights treaties. It also looks at complaints that are...

Innovative grassroots projects for Roma integration in the Czech Republic

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01 May 2013

The UN Human Rights Office has welcomed projects for the integration of the Roma population launched by the local authorities in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Regrettably, critical civil society voices were excluded in the process.

IACHR, UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, UN Rapporteur on Torture, UN Rapporteur on Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism, and UN Rapporteur on Health reiterate need to end the indefinite detention of individuals at Guatánamo Naval Base in light of current human rights crisis

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01 May 2013

Washington/Geneva — 1 May 2013—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (hereinafter, the Working Group), the Special Rapporteur...

Guantánamo / Human Rights: “Indefinite detention – will it ever end?”

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01 May 2013

WASHINGTON / GENEVA (1 May 2013) – “The United States must respect and guarantee the life, health and personal integrity of detainees at the Guantánamo Naval Base, particularly in the context of the...

Myanmar / Rakhine Commission: “Positive starting point but Government must address impunity” – UN expert

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01 May 2013

GENEVA (1 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today welcomed some forward thinking recommendations from the Rakhine...

Greece: “Troika bailout conditions are undermining human rights,” warns UN expert on debt and human rights

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01 May 2013

GENEVA (1 May 2013) – The prospects of a significant number of Greeks securing an adequate standard of living in line with international human rights standards have been compromised by bailout...

Special Rapporteur on Violence against women, its causes and consequences finalises country mission to India

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01 May 2013

NEW DELHI (1 May 2013) – At the end of her official country mission to India, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Rashida Manjoo, delivered the...

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights considers report of Iran

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01 May 2013

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 1 May 2013 The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today considered the second periodic report of Iran on how that country implements...