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Press briefing note on Bahrain

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Press briefing notes
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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 30 July 2019 Subject : Bahrain We strongly condemn the execution on 26 July in Manama of two Bahraini...

A/74/245: Public participation and decision-making in global governance spaces: history and purposes, and importance of public outreach by such spaces to enhance public participation - Report of the Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order

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Thematic reports
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The Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order has devoted his second thematic report to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly to the intersectional topic of public participation and decision - making in global governance spaces and its impact on a democratic and equitable international order.

A/74/244: Use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination - Note by the Secretary-General - Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination: the gendered human rights impacts of private military and security companies

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Summary In this report, the Working Group shines a gender-sensitive light on private military and security companies, to unpack associated gendered human rights risks and impacts and identify key...

A/HRC/42/42: Relationship between private military and security companies and the extractive industry from a human rights perspective - Report of the Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination

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Summary The extractive industry constitutes an important client base for PMSCs and has been associated with allegations of serious human rights abuses and violations for many years. The exploitation...