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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Jamaica on Efforts to Address Discrimination in the School Curriculum, Ask about “Colourism” and Discrimination Faced by Rastafarian People
25 November 2022
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined twenty-first to twenty-fourth periodic report of Jamaica, with…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
25 November 2022
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci , Director of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, which was attended by spokespersons and representatives from UN Women, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, International Labour Organization, World Health Organization, World Food…
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Committee against Torture Adopts Concluding Observations on Australia, El Salvador, Chad, Malawi, Somalia and Uganda Before Closing its Seventy-Fifth Session
25 November 2022
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Also Adopts Final Concluding Observations on Nicaragua
The Committee against Torture this morning closed its seventy-fifth session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Australia, El…
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AFTERNOON - Human Rights Council Establishes Fact-finding Mission to Investigate Alleged Human Rights Violations in Iran Related to the Protests that Began on 16 September 2022
24 November 2022
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The Human Rights Council this afternoon established an independent, international fact-finding mission to thoroughly and independently investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran related to the protests that…
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Georgia on Increased Prosecution of Discrimination Crimes , Ask about Minorities’ Access to Education and Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Territories
24 November 2022
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined ninth to tenth periodic report of Georgia, with…
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MORNING - High Commissioner to Human Rights Council’s Special Session: Iran Must Stop Violence against Peaceful Protesters, Release All those Arrested, and Impose a Moratorium on the Death Penalty
24 November 2022
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Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking at a special session of the Human Rights Council on the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, especially women and…
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PRESS BRIEFING BY THE UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICE
22 November 2022
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Alessandra Vellucci of the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) in Geneva, chaired the hybrid briefing, attended by the spokespersons and representatives of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
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Experts of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Commend Botswana on Providing HIV/AIDS Treatment to Foreign Citizens , Ask about Evictions of Indigenous Persons from Ancestral Lands and Minority Language Education
22 November 2022
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The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination today concluded its consideration of the combined seventeenth to twenty-second periodic report of…
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Committee against Torture Discusses Reports on Follow-up to Concluding Observations, Individual Communications, and Reprisals
21 November 2022
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The Committee against Torture today discussed reports on follow-up to concluding observations, individual communications, and reprisals under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov,…
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In Dialogue with El Salvador, Experts of the Committee against Torture Praise Domestic Violence Legislation, Ask about the State of Emergency and Torture Complaints
18 November 2022
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The Committee against Torture today concluded its consideration of the third periodic report of El Salvador, with Committee Experts praising the State’s domestic violence legislation and raising questions about the state of…
