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AUSTRALIA’S ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’ VISA REFUSAL VIOLATED IRANIAN’S RIGHT TO FAMILY LIFE – UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS

10 years ago Breadcrumb Home AUSTRALIA’S ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’ VISA REFUSAL VIOLATED IRANIAN’S RIGHT TO FAMILY LIFE – UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS 30 April 2015 Press Release GENEVA (30 April 2015) – Australia violated the right to family life of an Iranian man who had to leave the country after 16 years because he was considered a threat to national security but was never told why, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has found. Iranian national Mansour Leghaei was refused a permanent visa to stay in…

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE PUBLISHES ITS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, DISCUSSES ITS WORKING METHODS, AND CLOSES THE SESSION

10 years 1 month ago Breadcrumb Home HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE PUBLISHES ITS CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, DISCUSSES ITS WORKING METHODS, AND CLOSES THE SESSION 02 April 2015 Press Release The Human Rights Committee this afternoon published its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Russia, Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Croatia and Monaco, agreed on the agenda for the future discussions on its working methods, including lists of issues prior to reporting and the use of amicus curiae in the…