Burundi

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Special Procedures
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Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi

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Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (A/62/213)

Report of the independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Burundi, Mr. Akich Okola (A/HRC/4/5)

Interim report of Mr. Akich Okola, independent expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (A/60/354)

Report of the independent expert on the human rights situation in Burundi, Akich Okola (E/CN.4/2006/109)

Report of Akich Okola, independent expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi (E/CN.4/2005/118)

Report on the human rights situation in Burundi submitted by the Special Rapporteur (E/CN.4/2004/35)

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding Observations (2008)

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2006)

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2000)

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (1997)

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (1994)

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In 2007, OHCHR integrated its Burundi office into BINUB. The Office supports the missions of UN human rights mechanisms, including the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Burundi and other mandates with whom Burundi interacts, even though the country still does not completely fulfill its human rights obligations. Burundi will be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review at its third session in 2008, and is one of the pilot countries of the Peacebuilding Commission.
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