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UN Special Committee concerned over deteriorating health of Palestinian detainees on mass hunger strike

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05 Jun 2014

GENEVA / CAIRO (5 June 2014) – The UN Special Committee* to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories on Thursday...

Iran: UN rights experts express outrage after recent executions and call for an end to death penalty

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05 Jun 2014

GENEVA (5 June 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* expressed outrage at the execution of political prisoner Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani on 1 June and urged the Government to put...

For World Environment Day – Thursday 5 June 2014

UN rights expert urges States to fulfil human rights obligations related to environmental protection

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04 Jun 2014

GENEVA (5 June 2014) – On World Environment Day, UN Independent Expert on human rights and the environment John Knox calls on States to fulfil their human rights obligations related to environmental...

Human Rights Council holds its twenty-sixth regular session from 10 to 27 June 2014

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04 Jun 2014

Human Rights Council BACKGROUND RELEASE 4 June 2014 The Human Rights Council will hold its twenty-sixth regular session from 10 to 27 June 2014 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Highlights of the...

Defending the environment: an increasingly deadly preoccupation

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04 Jun 2014

John Knox, the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment has called on States to comply with their human rights obligations and ensure that people campaigning for a safe, clean and healthy environment receive appropriate protection.

Tunisia: UN Special Rapporteur on torture to assess adoption of 2011 recommendations

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03 Jun 2014

GENEVA (3 June 2014) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Juan E. Méndez will undertake a visit to Tunisia, from 4 to 6 June 2014, to follow up on his recommendations to fight torture and other cruel...

Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, at the end of mission in Bhutan (26 May – 3 June, 2014)

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03 Jun 2014

Thimphu 3 June 2014 Members of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by warmly thanking the Royal Government of Bhutan for inviting me to examine the situation on the right to...

Bhutan: Educating for Gross National Happiness enriches the universal values of education

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03 Jun 2014

THIMPHU (3 June 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, ended his eight day mission to Bhutan, noting that “educating for ‘Education for Gross National...

Pillay urges China to release detained activists, relax restrictions on discussion of 1989 Tiananmen protests

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03 Jun 2014

GENEVA (3 June 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday expressed concern about the detention of numerous civil society activists, lawyers and journalists in China ahead of...

Committee on Rights of Child examines reports of India under the Convention and Protocols on Children in armed conflict, Sale of Children

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03 Jun 2014

Committee on the Rights of the Child 3 June 2014 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today completed its consideration of the combined third and fourth periodic report of India on its...