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UN Rights Expert Calls For Solidarity With Palestinians
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 11:31 am | UN Human Rights Office
On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory, Mr. Richard Falk, expresses his solidarity with the Palestinian people ... More >>
Human Rights Chief Welcomes Australian Asylum Policy Shift
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 11:00 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (29 November 2011) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday welcomed the Australian Government’s announcement that more asylum seekers will be released from mandatory detention and placed in the community. More >>
Ignoring Human Rights Not an Option for DPR Korea
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 1:51 pm | UN Human Rights Office
SEOUL / GENEVA (28 November 2011) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman urged the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to cooperate with the UN human rights system and start implementing some of their recommendations, ... More >>
ASEAN Region: Next Two Years Key To Human Rights Development
Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 1:04 pm | UN Human Rights Office
BALI / GENEVA (28 November 2011) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Monday that the next two years will be crucial to the development of regional and national human rights institutions in the ASEAN region, particularly ... More >>
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 >>
