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US should end use of private, ‘for-profit’ migrant detention centres, say UN experts

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04 Feb 2021

GENEVA (4 February 2021) – A group of UN experts * welcomed the US decision to stop using privately run federal prisons and urged the Biden Administration to also end outsourcing of all detention...

US pardons for Blackwater guards an “affront to justice” – UN experts

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30 Dec 2020

GENEVA (30 December 2020) - A group of UN experts * said the pardons granted to four convicted private security contractors for war crimes in Iraq violated US obligations under international law, and...

34th anniversary of UN Declaration on the Right to Development - 4 December 2020

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03 Dec 2020

International community must act now and together to prevent development setback, say experts GENEVA (3 December 2020) – It is critically important for States to strengthen and renew their commitment...

Governments must do more to prevent slavery and exploitation during COVID-19 pandemic

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30 Nov 2020

GENEVA (30 November 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk that people at the edges of society will be pushed into slavery, trafficking and/or sexual exploitation, and governments must...

Urgent action needed to end pandemic of femicide and violence against women, says UN expert

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23 Nov 2020

Русский International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November 2020 GENEVA (23 November 2020) – The COVID-19 pandemic is overshadowing the pandemic of femicides and gender-based...

Mercenaries in and around the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone must be withdrawn – UN experts

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11 Nov 2020

GENEVA (11 November 2020) – UN human rights experts* noted the agreement reached on 9 November to put an end to hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and hope that it will lead to sustained...

UN experts hail landmark environmental treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean

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09 Nov 2020

Español GENEVA (9 November 2020) - UN human rights experts* welcomed the impending entry into force of the first environmental human rights treaty in Latin America and the Caribbean, known as 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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02 Nov 2020

Statement by Mr. Chris Kwaja Chairperson-Rapporteur 75th session of the General Assembly Third Committee Item 73 New York, 2 November 2020 Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, I am honoured to...

No human rights progress despite new presidency, Burundi inquiry finds

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23 Sep 2020

2020年5月20日，总统选举与大选期间，布隆迪人民在位于中部吉赫塔的布布小学的投票站排队等候。法新社

The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi outlines the serious human rights violations occurring in the context of the 2020 elections, including summary executions, arbitrary detentions and arrests, torture and sexual violence.

Interactive Dialogue, 45th session, Human Rights Council

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17 Sep 2020

Statement by Mr. Chris Kwaja Chairperson-Rapporteur 17 September 2020 (delivered virtually Madame President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentleman, I am honoured to address the Human Rights Council as...