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Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers Commend Kyrgyzstan on Trafficking Legislation, Ask about Kyrgyz Migrants in Russia and the Children of Migrant Parents
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The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its consideration of the second periodic report of Kyrgyzstan, with Committee Experts...
In Dialogue with Viet Nam, Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend the Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the National Assembly, Ask about the Criminalisation of Political Defectors and of Religious Activities by Minorities
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined fifteenth to seventeenth periodic report of Viet Nam, with Committee Experts commending the...
Fossils fuels at the heart of the planetary environmental crisis: UN experts
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GENEVA (30 November 2023) – As COP28 begins, UN human rights experts urged States to accelerate the just and equitable phase out of fossil fuels, warning about the immense magnitude of their negative...
Central African Republic: UN expert calls for action to prevent trafficking and ensure accountability, especially for women and children
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BANGUI (30 November 2023) – A UN human rights expert today called on the Central African Republic (CAR) to step up efforts to prevent trafficking in persons, for purposes of sexual exploitation, child...
Russia: UN Human Rights Chief deplores Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw “LGBT movement”
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GENEVA (30 November 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Thursday deplored the decision by Russia’s Supreme Court to label what it termed “the international LGBT movement” as...
Argentina: UN committee welcomes friendly settlement with domestic violence victim
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GENEVA (30 November 2023) – Argentina’s satisfactory implementation of a friendly settlement with a domestic violence survivor demonstrated the country’s efforts to repair victims and establish...
Sudan: UN experts appalled by use of sexual violence as a tool of war
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GENEVA (30 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm about the escalation of violence in Sudan, particularly sexual violence committed in the conflict, primarily by the Rapid Support Forces...
The UAE must ensure COP28 is inclusive says UN expert
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GENEVA (30 November 2023) – Human rights and those who defend them must be at the forefront of the COP28 summit which begins today in the United Arab Emirates, a UN expert said today. “There have been...