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Children and families should never be in immigration detention – UN experts
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For International Migrants’ Day – Sunday 18 December 2016 GENEVA (14 December 2016) – Governments should stop placing children and families in immigration detention, a group of UN human rights experts...
Statement by the High Commissioner at the Human Rights Council Special Session on South Sudan
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14 December 2016 Mr President, Madam Chair of the Commission, Excellencies, Colleagues and friends, I welcome the convening of this Special Session, which honours the Council’s commitment to...
Statement by Yasmin Sooka, Chair of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan at the 26th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council
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14 December 2016 Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan. Imagine if 70%...
Statement by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic on the situation of civilians affected by the capture of Aleppo
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GENEVA (14 December 2016) – As the protracted battle for eastern Aleppo drew mostly to an end yesterday after four and a half years of stalemate, the Commission once again reiterates its call for all...
Human Rights Council opens special session on the situation of human rights in South Sudan
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MORNING GENEVA (14 December 2016) - The Human Rights Council this morning opened its twenty-sixth special session to discuss the situation of human rights in South Sudan. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, High...
Statement by the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures at the 26th Special Session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in South Sudan
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14 December 2016 Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures of the Human...
Human Rights Council condemns violations in South Sudan and reaffirms mandate of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan
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AFTERNOON GENEVA (14 December 2016) - The Human Rights Council concluded this afternoon its special session on South Sudan after adopting a resolution in which it condemned the ongoing violations and...
Zeid urges immediate halt to bombardment of eastern Aleppo, says further war crimes may be taking place
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Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein, Geneva, 14 December 2016 “I am appalled that the deal enabling the evacuation of many thousands of civilians, including the...
Human Rights Council reaffirms mandate of the Commission on human rights in South Sudan and concludes special session
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ROUNDUP GENEVA (14 December 2016) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon concluded its special session on the human rights situation in South Sudan after adopting a resolution that reaffirmed the...