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Human Rights Council decides to dispatch a fact-finding mission to Myanmar to establish facts on violations, especially in Rakhine State
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Human Rights Council MORNING 24 March 2017 Council Adopts 13 Resolutions, Extends Mandates on Iran, Myanmar, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, South Sudan, Freedom of Opinion and Expression...
Two years of war, 13,000 civilian casualties in Yemen
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GENEVA (24 March 2017) – Two years and more than 13,000 civilian casualties later, the conflict in Yemen continues to rage, with an intensification in hostilities over the past three months that has...
Council renews mandates on Syria and on racism, adopts five resolutions on human rights in the occupied Arab territories
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Human Rights Council MIDDAY 24 March 2017 Decides to Initiate Negotiations on Drafting an Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination The Human...
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities considers initial report of Cyprus
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Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 24 March 2017 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Cyprus on its...
Human Rights Council adopts six texts, appoints Special Procedure mandate holders and closes its thirty-fourth regular session
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Human Rights Council AFTERNOON 24 March 2017 Extends Mandate on Situation of Human Rights in Mali for One Year The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted five resolutions and a President’s...
Human Rights Council concludes thirty-fourth regular session after adopting 41 resolutions and a Presidential Statement
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Human Rights Council ROUNDUP 24 March 2017 Decides to Dispatch a Fact-Finding Mission to Myanmar, Renews Mandates on Myanmar, Foreign Debt, Human Rights Defenders, Minority Issues, Adequate Housing...
Access to essential medicines is a fundamental element of the right to health
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“Millions are unable today to access essential medicines not due to any inherent lack of these commodities, but to entirely man-made policy deficits and entrenched practices,” said UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kate Gilmore at a panel discussion on access to medicines during the recent UN Human Rights Council.