Human Rights in the news
Pillay to visit Brazil
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is to pay her first visit to Brazil. She will visit three major cities from 7-13 November.
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US/Housing: "Millions affected"
The number of homeless continues to rise in the US, warns the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, Raquel Rolnik.
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First mission to Kyrgyzstan
The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Rashida Manjoo, will visit the country from 8-17 November.
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Slavery threatens Mauritania
Gulnara Shahinian, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, welcomes progress but warns that more needs to be done.
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UN expert returns to Caucasus
The UN SG's Representative on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kaelin, will visit the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia.
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