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Human Rights Council Advisory Committee to hold eleventh session in Geneva from 12 to 16 August 2013

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07 Aug 2013

BACKGROUND RELEASE 7 August 2013 The Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will hold its eleventh session from 12 to 16 August 2013 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. During the session, the...

Côte d’Ivoire: “Provisional release of pro-Gbagbo detainees, major step towards national reconciliation,” says UN expert

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07 Aug 2013

GENEVA (7 August 2013) – “The release of 14 pro-Gbagbo detainees linked to the post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire constitutes a major step in the national reconciliation process and a strong act...

A/68/276: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Belarus, Miklós Haraszti

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06 Aug 2013

Summary The present report is submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, in accordance with Human Rights...

Press briefing notes on Thailand and Bahrain

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06 Aug 2013

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights : Cécile Pouilly Location: Geneva Date: 6 August 2013 1) Thailand We are concerned that the amnesty bill being discussed this week in...

Central African Republic: UN human rights experts raise alarm on continuous violence and insecurity

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05 Aug 2013

GENEVA (5 August 2013) – A group of United Nations independent experts today raised the alarm over the situation of human rights in the Central African Republic, warning that “the rule of law is...

Tracking progress in achieving human rights goals

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02 Aug 2013

The United Nations looks beyond the Millennium Development Goals set fifteen years ago and begins work on the succeeding strategies, most importantly how to assess progress in reaching the agreed targets.

Pillay urges investigation into alleged executions by anti-government armed groups in Syria’s Khan Al-Assal

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02 Aug 2013

Arabic version GENEVA (2 AUGUST 2013) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has said that allegations that armed opposition groups in Syria executed dozens of government soldiers...

Belarus: UN expert urges Government to release Ales Bialiatski and stop persecution of rights defenders

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02 Aug 2013

GENEVA (2 August 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Republic of Belarus, Miklós Haraszti, urged the Belarusian Government to “immediately and...

Press release of Chaloka Beyani, Chairperson of the Coordination Committee, on the break-in of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression's office

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02 Aug 2013

GENEVA (2 August 2013) – The current Chair of the largest body* of independent experts in the United Nations Human Rights system, Chaloka Beyani, today expressed alarm that the Guatemala private...

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Manual for National Human Rights Insitutions

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01 Aug 2013

This joint OHCHR and Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions is part of our continuing efforts to fill these gaps, to promote the Declaration and to further its practical...