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Human Rights Council holds panel discussion on unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights

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09 Jun 2017

AFTERNOON GENEVA (9 June 2017) - The Human Rights Council this afternoon held a panel discussion on unaccompanied migrant children and adolescents and human rights, hearing an opening statement by...

"Diversity in humanity" clarion call for expert on sexual orientation, gender identity and human rights

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09 Jun 2017

To address violence and discrimination against people based on sexual orientation and gender identity, "it is essential to harness and reinforce mutual respect, tolerance and a sense of humanity," said Mr. Vitit Muntarbhorn, the first UN Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI).

CERD/C/FIN/CO/23: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Concluding observations on the twenty-third periodic report of Finland

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Concluding observations

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08 Jun 2017

A/HRC/35/28/Add.2: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on his follow-up mission to the United States of America - Note by the Secretariat

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Country reports

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08 Jun 2017

A/HRC/35/28/Add.1: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association on his follow-up mission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Note by the Secretariat

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Country reports

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08 Jun 2017

Mosul: UN receives reports of mass killings of fleeing civilians by ISIL

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08 Jun 2017

Arabic | French | Spanish GENEVA (8 June 2017) – Credible reports indicate that more than 231 civilians attempting to flee western Mosul have been killed since 26 May, including at least 204 over...

Businesses must eradicate human trafficking from their supply chains - UN expert

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08 Jun 2017

GENEVA (8 June 2017) – Businesses must be more effective in their action to prevent and combat human trafficking. Workers’ voices must be heard in voluntary schemes set up within industries to tackle...

World needs new cooperation to combat global challenges – UN rights expert

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08 Jun 2017

GENEVA (8 June 2017) – International solidarity is increasingly critical in a world riven by political divisions and grappling with global challenges, a UN human rights expert has said. Virginia...

Indigenous and environmental rights under attack in Brazil, UN and Inter-American experts warn

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08 Jun 2017

Portuguese | Spanish GENEVA / WASHINGTON DC (8 June 2017) – Three United Nations experts and a rapporteur from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have joined forces to denounce attacks on...

UN child rights experts issue findings on Antigua and Barbuda, Bhutan, Cameroon, Lebanon, Mongolia, Qatar, Romania and USA*

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08 Jun 2017

GENEVA (8 June 2017) – The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its findings on the following countries which it examined during its 15 May – 2 June session in Geneva: Antigua and...