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Duma urged to scrap bill on ‘homosexuality propaganda’
Saturday, 2 February 2013, 3:45 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
GENEVA (1 February 2013) – A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on the lower house of the Russian parliament to discard a draft bill to establish administrative penalties for “propaganda of homosexuality among minors,” ... More >>
Human Rights Council debates situation in Palestine
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 9:23 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council this afternoon held general debates under its agenda items on the human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories. More >>
Pillay urges ASEAN to set the bar high
Saturday, 12 May 2012, 11:40 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
GENEVA (11 May 2012) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday offered her encouragement to ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in drafting a regional human rights declaration, but called for a meaningful consultation ... More >>
Experts condemn harsh sentencing of human rights defenders
Saturday, 5 May 2012, 4:10 pm | United Nations Human Rights Council
GENEVA (4 May 2012) – A group of United Nations independent experts condemned the on-going arrests and harsh sentencing of human rights defenders in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and urged the Government to ensure that rights defenders are not being targeted ... More >>
UN Rights Expert Raises Alarm Over Palestinian Prisoners
Wednesday, 2 May 2012, 11:57 am | United Nations Human Rights Council
GENEVA (30 April 2012) – UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk on Monday said he was appalled by the “continuing human rights violations in Israeli prisons,” ... More >>
