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Statement by Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic

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18 Sep 2017

United Nations Human Rights Council - 36th Session of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 18 September 2017 M. le Président Excellences, Let me begin by sharing the words of one of the many thousands...

Statement of Ms. Yasmin Sooka – chairperson of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan at the 36th session of the Human Rights Council

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18 Sep 2017

18 September 2017 Mr. President, Excellencies, Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delivering this statement on behalf of the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan, established by...

UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria: Despite tenuous progress on de-escalation in some locations in Syria, civilians continue to suffer from wide-ranging human rights violations and abuse

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06 Sep 2017

Arabic GENEVA (6 September 2017) – While warring parties made some progress in localised reductions of violence through de-escalation zones, the parties to the conflict continue to perpetrate...

Yemen: An “entirely man-made catastrophe” – UN human rights report urges international investigation

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05 Sep 2017

GENEVA (5 September 2017) – Human rights violations and abuses continue unabated in Yemen, along with unrelenting violations of international humanitarian law, with civilians suffering deeply the...

Burundi: Commission of inquiry calls on the International Criminal Court to investigate possible crimes against humanity

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04 Sep 2017

Commission of Inquiry on Burundi Geneva, 4 September 2017 – The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed and...

Burundi - A knife or a steel bar? How would you prefer to be killed?

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04 Sep 2017

In 2015, President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to stand for another term as head of state of Burundi. Since then, real or suspected government opponents have been hunted down, tortured or killed. The Commission of Inquiry on Burundi talks of crimes against humanity.

UN rights expert welcomes release of Canadian pastor in North Korea

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11 Aug 2017

Korean version GENEVA (11 August 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert has welcomed the release of Canadian Pastor Hyeon Soo Lim, who had been detained in North Korea since February 2015. 　 “I...

Statement of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria regarding the announcement of the resignation of Ms. Carla Del Ponte

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06 Aug 2017

Arabic 6 August 2017 – In mid-June, Ms. Carla Del Ponte informed her colleagues, Mr. Paulo Pinheiro and Ms. Karen AbuZayd, of her intention to resign from the Independent International Commission of...

Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for justice on the occasion of the third anniversary of ISIL’s attack on the Yazidis

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03 Aug 2017

Kurdish GENEVA, 3 August 2017 – Three years after the ISIL attack on the Yazidis, the Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls on the international community to recognize the crime of genocide being...

Report of a Mission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – Accounts of Congolese fleeing the crisis in the Kasai region, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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01 Aug 2017