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Enforced disappearances: UN expert group to review 800 cases from 40 countries

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06 May 2016

GENEVA (6 May 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will hold its 109th session in Geneva from 9 to 18 May to examine almost 800 cases from 40 different...

Mexico: “Much remains to be done to deliver truth and justice in the Ayotzinapa case” – UN experts

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26 Apr 2016

GENEVA / MEXICO (26 April 2016) - A group of United Nations human rights experts* said today that the final report by the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (IGIE) of the Inter-American...

What is permissible and what is not when countering terrorism? UN experts welcome new African guidelines

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07 Apr 2016

GENEVA (7 April 2016) – A group of eighteen United Nations independent experts* has welcomed the new Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights while Countering Terrorism in Africa launched this year...

Preliminary observations of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances at the conclusion of its visit to Turkey (14-18 March 2016)

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18 Mar 2016

Introduction A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concluded a five-day official visit to Turkey. The visit took place from 14 to 18 March 2016...

“High time for Turkey to come to terms with past enforced disappearances” – UN expert group

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18 Mar 2016

ANKARA / GENEVA (18 March 2016) – “Turkey needs to come to terms with past disappearances, and it needs to do so in a comprehensive manner,” today said a delegation of the United Nations Working Group...

Enforced Disappearances: UN expert body announces official visit to Turkey

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10 Mar 2016

GENEVA (10 March 2016) – A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will undertake an official visit to Turkey from 14 to 18 March 2016 to study the...

“It’s not just about closing Guantánamo, but also ensuring accountability,” UN rights experts say

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26 Feb 2016

GENEVA (26 February 2016) – A group of six United Nations human rights experts* today urged President Barack Obama to ensure proper investigation and full accountability for human rights violations in...

Statement at the conclusion of the 108th session of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances

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15 Feb 2016

GENEVA (15 February 2016) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances concluded last Friday its 108th session, which took place in Rabat, Morocco, at the invitation of...

Out of sight, out of mind: deaths in detention in Syria

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15 Feb 2016

Syrian men, women, and children have been transferred to one of the dozens of official or secret Government-run detention facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic. Thousands of them have been killed while in custody.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arbitrarily detained by Sweden and the UK, UN panel finds

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05 Feb 2016

The founder of the WikiLeaks website, has been arbitrarily detained by Sweden and the United Kingdom, as a result of the legal action against him by both Governments, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said.