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United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concludes sixtieth session

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06 Mar 2015

ROUNDUP 6 March 2015 Adopts Concluding Recommendations on Reports of Gabon, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Tuvalu, Denmark, Kyrgyzstan, Eritrea and Maldives The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination...

Human Rights Council holds discussion on the adverse impacts of climate change on States' efforts to realize the right to food

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06 Mar 2015

Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 6 March 2015 Concludes Annual Full-Day Discussion on Human Rights and Climate Change The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its annual full-day discussion on...

Statement to the Security Council by Ivan Šimonović, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, at the meeting on Ukraine, 6 March 2015

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06 Mar 2015

Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished Members of the Security Council, The ninth report of the United Nations Human Rights Mission in Ukraine, whose mandate has just been renewed for a further 3...

Honouring Women Human Rights Defenders

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06 Mar 2015

Being a human rights defender can mean extraordinary acts and risks, which can multiply if that defender is a woman. A campaign by the UN Human Rights Office has highlighted the work done by these defenders and encouraged solidarity with them.

CRC/C/URY/CO/3-5: Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Uruguay

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Concluding observations

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05 Mar 2015

Opening Statement, Item 2, High Commissioner's Annual Report

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05 Mar 2015

Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues and Friends, It is an honour to present to you the work of my Office over the course of 2014. The Annual Report that has been made available gives an overview...

States must uphold human rights principles in struggle against violent extremism – Zeid

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05 Mar 2015

GENEVA (5 March 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, in a major speech on Thursday, warned that the world may be “at a turning point in our young and troubled century,”...

Human Rights Council concludes High-Level Segment and General Segment

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05 Mar 2015

Human Rights Council MORNING 5 March 2015 Hears from Dignitaries from Republic of Congo, Mongolia, Colombia and the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights The Human Rights Council this...

Zeid calls on States to go “beyond lip-service, towards gender equality”
For International Women’s Day, 8 March 2015

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05 Mar 2015

GENEVA (5 March 2015) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein today highlighted “the pressing need for women to participate in all discussions of strategic responses to extremist...

Human Rights Council holds Interactive dialogue with High Commissioner for Human Rights on his Annual Report

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05 Mar 2015

Human Rights Council MIDDAY/AFTERNOON 5 March 2015 Hears Address by the Prime Minister of Tuvalu The Human Rights Council today held an interactive dialogue with the United Nations High Commissioner...