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Address by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the 16th session of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent

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01 Apr 2015

1 April 2015 Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I am delighted to join this 16th Session of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, and may I say that I am honoured that the...

UN expert dismayed over Thai leader’s intimidating statements against freedom of the press

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01 Apr 2015

GENEVA (1 April 2015) – United Nations expert on freedom of expression David Kaye today urged the Government of Thailand to unequivocally distance itself from the Thai’s leader intimidating statements...

Discrimination against women: UN expert group launches first official visit to Senegal

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01 Apr 2015

French GENEVA (1 April 2015) – The United Nations Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice will undertake its first official visit to Senegal from 7 to 17 April to assess...

Human Rights Council opens Special Session in light of terrorist attacks and human rights abuses by Boko Haram

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01 Apr 2015

MORNING 1 April 2015 Speakers Pay Tribute to Ambassador Yusuf Bari-Bari of Somalia, Killed in a Terrorist Attack in Mogadishu The Human Rights Council today opened its twenty-third Special Session in...

Discrimination against autistic persons, the rule rather than the exception – UN rights experts

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01 Apr 2015

French World Autism Awareness Day - Thursday 2 April 2015 GENEVA (1st April 2015) – Two United Nations human rights experts today called for an end to discrimination against autistic persons and a...