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A/HRC/34/51/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context, on her mission to India
Children’s rights: UN committee to review Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Estonia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Serbia, Georgia and Malawi.
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GENEVA (10 January 2017) – The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child is meeting in Geneva 16 January - 3 February to review children’s rights in the following countries: Saint Vincent and the...
A/HRC/34/53: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues
A/HRC/34/53/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on minority issues on her mission to Iraq
Puerto Rico’s debt crisis: UN expert warns human rights cannot be side-lined by Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt on human rights
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Geneva, 9 January 2017 For several years, Puerto Rico has been facing a serious financial, economic and social crisis. Currently, the island, a territory of the United States of America is no longer...
Iran: “Prisoners of conscience at risk of dying after prolonged hunger strike” – UN expert warns
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GENEVA ( 9 January 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran, Ms. Asma Jahangir, today raised alarm over the critical health situation of several prisoners of...
Puerto Rico debt crisis: “Human rights cannot be sidelined” – UN expert warns
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GENEVA (9 January 2017) – The United Nations Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights has called for fair solutions to the huge debt crisis in Puerto Rico, warning that ratcheting up...
Myanmar: UN rights expert launches new official visit to assess recent developments in the country
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GENEVA (6 January 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will undertake her fifth information-gathering visit to the country from 9 to...
Press briefing notes on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Spokespeople for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 6 January 2017 We welcome the signing of the political accord in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...