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The UN was a refuge, veteran campaigner says
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Human rights campaigner Estela de Carlotto called the United Nations a refuge for herself and her organization during its more than 30-year struggle. The organization, Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, is an Argentina-based NGO that works to locate and reunite children, taken from disappeared parents during the dictatorship, with remaining family.
Committee on Enforced Disappearances concludes seventh session
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ROUNDUP 26 September 2014 Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the reports of Belgium and Paraguay The Committee on Enforced Disappearances closed its seventh session this afternoon...
Committee on Enforced Disappearances holds separate meetings with States Parties, International Oganizations and with Civil Society
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18 September 2014 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances this afternoon held separate meetings with States parties to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced...
Committee on Enforced Disappearances examines report of Paraguay
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17 September 2014 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Paraguay on how that country implements the provisions of the International...
Joint statement: 4thAnnual meeting of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances
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GENEVA (17 September 2014) The fourth annual meeting of the Committee on Enforced Disappearances and the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances took place in Geneva on Wednesday, 17...
Committee on Enforced Disappearances examines report of Belgium
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16 September 2014 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Belgium on how it implements the provisions of the International Convention on the...
Committee on Enforced Disappearances opens seventh session
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15 September 2014 The Committee on Enforced Disappearances has opened this morning its seventh session, which runs until September 26 in Room XII of the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The Committee...
Committee on Enforced disappearances holds seventh session from 15 to 26 September 2014
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Committee on Enforced Disappearances BACKGROUND RELEASE 10 September 2014 Committee to Consider Reports of Belgium and Paraguay The Committee on Enforced Disappearances, the Committee responsible for...
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Saturday 30 August 2014.
Remove all obstacles to aid search for the disappeared, UN experts urge governments
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GENEVA (30 August 2014) – Two United Nations expert groups on enforced disappearances call on States “to remove all obstacles” to aid investigations into the fate of disappeared persons. On the...