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Durban: Call For ‘Preventive’ International Solidarity
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 12:22 pm | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (28 November 2011) – The UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity, Virginia Dandan, urged ‘old and new polluters’ to take the lead in the climate change negotiations in Durban, South Africa, and push for ‘preventive’ ... More >>
Twenty Years Protecting People From Arbitrary Detention
Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 10:59 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA / PARIS (11 November 2011) – Aung San Suu Kyi, Xanana Gusmao, Carmen Julia Arias Iglesias, Manouchehr Karimzadeh, Haitham al-Maleh, Qi Dafeng, Pham Cong Canh – the list of cases investigated by the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary ... More >>
Mercenaries:Iraq, South Africa & Equatorial Guinea:3 reports
Thursday, 15 September 2011, 3:14 pm | UN Human Rights Office
The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries released three country mission reports on Iraq, South Africa and Equatorial Guinea, focusing on a wide range of issues such as immunity, lack of accountability, and links between mercenaries ... More >>
Freedom of opinion and expression – how far protections go
Friday, 29 July 2011, 5:51 pm | UN Human Rights Office
The UN Human Rights Committee has issued an authoritative new commentary on one of the most challenged and sensitive topics in international human rights law – the extent to which the freedom of opinion and expression can be restricted by a state. More >>
The shocking reality of homophobic rape
Friday, 1 July 2011, 4:18 pm | UN Human Rights Office
South Africa has given the world some powerful ideas—foremost among them the concept of the rainbow nation, where diversity is a source of strength and everyone is entitled to equal rights and respect. So it is especially saddening that the country reborn ... More >>