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Around 4 thousand internally displaced people were resettled at this new campsite in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti in April
Around 4 thousand internally displaced people were resettled at this new campsite in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti in April.
© UN Photo/Sophia Paris

HAITI SIX MONTHS ON

The people of Haiti slowly rebuild their homes and lives after the January earthquake. The focus now shifts to long-term reform of the fundamental systems of justice and governance.
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Internally displaced persons in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in January 2010 © UN Photo/Sophia Paris

Human rights are key in relief efforts

To have greater impact, humanitarian agencies should place human rights at the centre of emergency response, human rights experts and relief actors say.
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Migrant workers in Lebanon. © OHCHR/Carol Mansour

Protect the human rights of all migrants

The United Nations Human Rights office denounces mistreatment of migrants and urges respect for their rights.
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Human Rights in the news 

Cambodia: landmark conviction
Statement by the UN Special Rapportuer on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, on the "Khmer Rouge Tribunal’s" decission.
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Stronger regulation for PMSCs
The UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries will push forward its proposal to regulate the activities of Private Military and Security Companies.
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More needed on Maori rights
UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous people, James Anaya, calls on New Zealand to keep on addressing the challenges still faced by the Maori population.
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New concerns on Guantánamo
The UN Special Rapporteurs on torture and human rights and counter-terrorism call on the US not to forcibly transfer detainees if they risk being tortured.
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Viet Nam’s minorities
Bilingual Education is key for Viet Nam’s minorities, “the poorest of the country’s poor,” says the UN Independent Expert Gay McDougall.
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Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council / 5th
From : 02-08-2010 To : 06-08-2010
Palais des Nations, Room XX
Pre-sessional Working Group - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women / 48th
From : 02-08-2010 To : 06-08-2010
New York
Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination / 77th
From : 02-08-2010 To : 27-08-2010
Palais Wilson Ground Floor
Human Rights Council – Organizational meeting /
From : 30-08-2010 To : 30-08-2010
Palais des Nations, Room XX
WG on Arbitrary Detention / 58th
From : 30-08-2010 To : 03-09-2010
Palais Wilson
WG on communications / 7th
From : 30-08-2010 To : 03-09-2010
Palais Wilson, 1st Floor
BoT, UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery / 15th
From : 13-09-2010 To : 17-09-2010
Palais Wilson
Human Rights Council / 15th
From : 13-09-2010 To : 01-10-2010
Palais des Nations, Room XX
Committee on the Rights of Child (CRC) / 55th
From : 13-09-2010 To : 01-10-2010
Palais Wilson, Ground Floor
Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) / 47th
From : 04-10-2010 To : 22-10-2010
Palais des Nations
Social Forum / 3rd
From : 04-10-2010 To : 06-10-2010
Palais des Nations, Room XX
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) / 4th
From : 04-10-2010 To : 08-10-2010
Palais des Nations/New York
Pre-sessional Working Group on Communications - Human Rights Committee / 100th
From : 04-10-2010 To : 08-10-2010
Palais Wilson, Geneva
Ad Hoc Committee on the elaboration of complementary standards / 3rd
From : 11-10-2010 To : 22-10-2010
Palais des Nations, Room XX
Human Rights Committee / 100th
From : 11-10-2010 To : 29-10-2010
Palais Wilson, Ground Floor
BoT, UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture / 33rd
From : 18-10-2010 To : 22-10-2010
Palais Wilson, 1st Floor
Pre-sessional Working Group - Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women / 49th
From : 25-10-2010 To : 29-10-2010
Palais des Nations, Salle XVI
Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) / 45th
From : 01-11-2010 To : 19-11-2010
Palais Wilson, Ground Floor
Committee against Torture (CAT) / 45th
From : 01-11-2010 To : 19-11-2010
Palais Wilson, 1st Floor
Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances / 92nd
From : 03-11-2010 To : 12-11-2010
Palais des Nations
Sub-Committee on Prevention (OPCAT) / 12th
From : 15-11-2010 To : 19-11-2010
Palais des Nations
WG on Arbitrary Detention / 59th
From : 17-11-2010 To : 26-11-2010
Palais des Nations
UPR Working Group / 9th
From : 22-11-2010 To : 03-12-2010
Palais des Nations, Room XX
Pre-sessional WG - CESCR / 45th
From : 22-11-2010 To : 26-11-2010
Palais Wilson, Ground Floor
WG on the use of mercenaries / 11th
From : 29-11-2010 To : 03-12-2010
Palais des Nations
Forum on Minority Issues / 3rd
From : 14-12-2010 To : 15-12-2010
Palais des Nations, Room XX
 
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