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Strengthening the Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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Summary A review of the implementation of the Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists took place in Strasbourg in November 2014. On 29 June 2017, OHCHR and UNESCO organized a Multi-stakeholder...
Multi-Stakeholder Consultation on Strengthening the Implementation of the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
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A review of the implementation of the Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists took place in Strasbourg in November 2014.
US racism on the rise, UN experts warn in wake of Charlottesville violence
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GENEVA (16 August 2017) – Racism and xenophobia are on the rise across the USA, a group of United Nations human rights experts* has warned in the wake of the far-right demonstrations and violence in...
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities considers initial report of Panama
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 16 August 2017 The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Panama on its...
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination examines the report of New Zealand
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Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 16 August 2017 The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first and twenty...
A/HRC/36/60/Add.2: Report of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent on its mission to Germany - Note by the Secretariat
Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee - Note by the Secretary-General - Addendum
A/72/335: Unlawful death of refugees and migrants - Note by the Secretary-General - Report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
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Summary The present report focuses on the mass casualties of refugees and migrants in the course of their flight. It addresses killings by both State and non -State actors, and denounces a quasi...
Italy-EU search and rescue code could increase Mediterranean deaths, UN expert warns
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GENEVA (15 August 2017) – A new code of conduct to be imposed on organizations rescuing migrants and refugees from the Mediterranean Sea could restrict their life-saving work and result in more deaths...