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Refugees and terrorism: “No evidence of risk” – New report by UN expert on counter-terrorism
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NEW YORK (21 October 2016) – “Overly-restrictive migration policies introduced because of terrorism concerns are not justified and may in fact be damaging to state security,” today warned the United...
“The death penalty should not be used as a deterrent for terrorism” – UN rights experts warn
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World Day Against the Death Penalty – Monday 10 October GENEVA (7 October 2016) – Speaking ahead of the World Day Against the Death Penalty on Monday 10 October, a group of United Nations human rights...
Sudan: UN rights experts condemn charges of death penalty crimes for human rights activists
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GENEVA (31 August 2016) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today called on the Sudanese authorities to drop charges carrying the death sentence brought against six people linked to a...
Statement by Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights at the Geneva Conference on Preventing Violent Extremism
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High Level Segment - Action at the Global Level 8 April 2016 Secretary-General, Minister Burkhalter, Excellencies, All of us feel sorrow and rage at attacks like those suffered over the past month in...
What is permissible and what is not when countering terrorism? UN experts welcome new African guidelines
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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...
Do not criminalize extreme views – UN Special Rapporteur on counterterrorism
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GENEVA (15 March 2016) – The peaceful expression of views that are considered ‘extreme’ should never be criminalised unless they are associated with violence, said the Special Rapporteur on the...
Nigeria creates a military Human Rights Desk
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The creation of a Human Rights Desk by the Nigerian army, and a review of the forces’ Code of conduct and Rules of Engagement, represent an unprecedented breakthrough.
Human Rights Council holds dialogue with Special Rapporteurs on human rights while countering terrorism and on cultural rights
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MORNING GENEVA (10 March 2016) - The Human Rights Council this morning held a clustered interactive dialogue with Ben Emmerson, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while...
Welcoming remarks Ms. Kate Gilmore,
Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights at the 20th meeting of the Governing Council of the Community of Democracies, High-Level Segment
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2 March 2016 at 15:30 Palais des Nations, room XXIII Madam Secretary General, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to greet the Governing Council of the Community of...