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Qatar: UN rights expert to assess racism and xenophobia during official visit21-11-2019
Time to act: Governments urged to improve record on business and human rights ahead of major global forum21-11-2019
UN experts urge swift repatriation of Irish woman and child from Turkey to Ireland21-11-2019
Belarus: UN expert deplores child jail sentences for drug-related offences20-11-2019
Egypt must free human rights lawyer detained in “double jeopardy” case, say UN experts20-11-2019
Statement of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation on World Toilet Day19-11-2019
Convention on tourism ethics is major step towards tackling child exploitation, say UN human rights experts19-11-2019
Freedom of expression experts concerned by slow progress into investigation and prosecution for murder of Mexican journalist Javier Valdez19-11-2019
Israeli settlements: UN expert condemns US decision to “jettison international law”19-11-2019
Mali: UN expert embarks on fourth visit after fresh violence15-11-2019
UN expert on transitional justice to review progress in Gambia15-11-2019
UN expert welcomes ruling on labelling of Israeli settlements products by European Court of Justice15-11-2019
Zimbabwe: UN human rights expert visits to assess the right to food 14-11-2019
Qatar needs urgent paradigm shift to protect people from arbitrary detention, UN experts conclude14-11-2019
UN expert on torture visits the Maldives14-11-2019
Time for world leaders to honour 25-year-old promises and renew their commitments on women’s rights, say human rights experts11-11-2019
Media statement by Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia on the partial lifting of judicial restriction of Kem Sokha by Cambodian court11-11-2019
Preliminary findings on her visit to Brazil, 28 October to 8 November 2019 by Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism08-11-2019
UN experts condemn Israeli decision to expel Omar Shakir of Human Rights Watch08-11-2019
End of visit statement, Montenegro (1-8 November 2019) by Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children08-11-2019
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