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UN experts call on all governments to recognise the right to remembrance for the Roma people

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02 Aug 2016

GENEVA / NEW YORK (2 August 2016) – On the 72nd anniversary of the Roma Holocaust –‘Porrajmos’ or ‘Pharrajimos’– two United Nations human rights experts urge all governments around the world to...

Italy’s migrant hotspot centres raise legal questions

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02 Aug 2016

Migrants rescued at sea are often taken to “hotspot” registration centres but detaining them at these centres has provoked concerns in Italy, a UN Human Rights Office monitoring team finds.

A/71/367: Cholera, extreme poverty and human rights: Report

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01 Aug 2016

In August 2016, after a draft of this report was leaked to the media, it was announced that the Secretary-General was developing a new approach which would address many of the concerns raised in the report. The Deputy Secretary-General indicated that the Secretary-General has also reiterated that the United Nations has a "moral responsibility" to the victims and would provide them with additional "material assistance and support". The Special Rapporteur warmly welcomes this initiative.

A Call for Accountability and Protection: Yezidi Survivors of Atrocities Committed by ISIL - August 2016

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01 Aug 2016

Report on the right to freedom of expression

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01 Aug 2016

Situation of human rights and the activities of the United Nations Joint Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - A/HRC/33/36

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01 Aug 2016

Iraq: Fast-tracking executions will only accelerate injustice – Zeid

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01 Aug 2016

GENEVA/BAGHDAD (1 August 2016) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday expressed serious concern at the creation of a committee tasked with making recommendations to...