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Myanmar: UN expert raises alarm on Rakhine State

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07 Apr 2014

GENEVA (7 April 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today pressed the alarm bell on the further deterioration of the human...

UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit Moldova

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07 Apr 2014

GENEVA/CHISINAU (7 April 2014) – UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri will undertake an official visit to the Republic of Moldova from 8 to 11 April to encourage the momentum...

Ratify treaty on migrant workers’ rights, UN experts urge States

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07 Apr 2014

GENEVA (7 April 2014) –UN experts have issued a renewed appeal to all countries to sign up to a landmark treaty on the rights of migrant workers that came into force some 10 years ago. “Forty-seven...

Statement by Ms. Flavia Pansieri Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 20th session of the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families

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07 Apr 2014

General Discussion on workplace exploitation and workplace protection commemorating the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant...

Closing Statement by Mr. Ibrahim Salama Director Human Rights Treaties Division at the Day of General Discussion of the Committee on Migrant Workers on workplace exploitation and workplace protection

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07 Apr 2014

7 April 2014 Mr. Chairperson Excellencies Ladies and Gentleman Distinguished guests Good afternoon, It is also my pleasure to welcome you on behalf of the High Commissioner to this Day of General...

The Rwanda genocide: 20 years later

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07 Apr 2014

“We must support Rwandan efforts to ensure the promotion and protection of human rights for all, and efforts to move towards reconciliation and rehabilitation,” says UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay in her message on the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
7 April 2014

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06 Apr 2014

Twenty years after the beginning of the genocide in Rwanda, the horror has not diminished. As a former judge for over eight years on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), I am still...

Tunisia: The United Nations Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice welcomes the adoption of a new Constitution which protects and strengthens achievements in the area of equality and fundamental rights of women

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05 Apr 2014

GENEVA (04 April 2014): The United Nations Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice welcomes the recent adoption and promulgation of the new Constitution of the Republic of...

Statement by Heiner Bielefeldt; Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief - End of visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan

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04 Apr 2014

Presentation of preliminary findings 4 April 2014 Astana I. Introduction From 25 March to 4 April, I have undertaken a visit to the Republic of Kazakhstan in my capacity as United Nations Special...

UN rights expert urges Kazakhstan to end mandatory registration of religious communities

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04 Apr 2014

ASTANA (4 April 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Heiner Bielefeldt today called on the Government of Kazakhstan to end the mandatory registration of religious communities which has led to...