Human rights and the environment: UN expert launches first fact-finding visit to Madagascar: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, John H. Knox, will undertake his first official visit to Madagascar from 25 to 31 October 2016 to assess how the country is protecting and promoting human rights relating to environmental protection. … [Read more...] about Human rights and the environment: UN expert launches first fact-finding visit to Madagascar
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Quash the sentences against 13 IRA-Mauritania members and cease harassment of human rights defenders in Mauritania
Quash the sentences against 13 IRA-Mauritania members and cease harassment of human rights defenders in Mauritania: We, the undersigned organisations, condemn the persistent and strategic targeting of the Initiative for the Resurgence of an Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA-Mauritanie) and its members and we call on the Mauritanian authorities to quash the sentences of … [Read more...] about Quash the sentences against 13 IRA-Mauritania members and cease harassment of human rights defenders in Mauritania
Time to move on – UN expert urges Cambodia to fully implement rights and freedoms at every level
Time to move on – UN expert urges Cambodia to fully implement rights and freedoms at every level: The time for the Government of Cambodia to blame the troubles of the last century for the situation today is surely over, United Nations Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith said at the end of her third visit* to the country to assess progress on issues of discrimination against ethnic … [Read more...] about Time to move on – UN expert urges Cambodia to fully implement rights and freedoms at every level
UN women’s rights committee to review Canada, Burundi, Bhutan, Belarus, Argentina, Switzerland, Honduras, Armenia, Bangladesh, Estonia, Netherlands
UN women’s rights committee to review Canada, Burundi, Bhutan, Belarus, Argentina, Switzerland, Honduras, Armenia, Bangladesh, Estonia, Netherlands: The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is meeting in Geneva from 24 October to 18 November to review women’s rights in the following countries: Canada (25 October); Burundi (26 … [Read more...] about UN women’s rights committee to review Canada, Burundi, Bhutan, Belarus, Argentina, Switzerland, Honduras, Armenia, Bangladesh, Estonia, Netherlands
Readout of Meeting between the President of the Human Rights Council and H.E. Rénovat Tabu, Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Readout of Meeting between the President of the Human Rights Council and H.E. Rénovat Tabu, Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations Office at Geneva: The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Choi Kyonglim (Republic of Korea), met today with Ambassador Rénovat Tabu, Permanent Representative of Burundi to the UN Office at Geneva. They … [Read more...] about Readout of Meeting between the President of the Human Rights Council and H.E. Rénovat Tabu, Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations Office at Geneva
