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Governments must do more to prevent slavery and exploitation during COVID-19 pandemic
11/30/2020
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Occupied Palestinian Territory
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Mali
Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery
Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons especially women and children
Sp. Rapporteur on Racial Discrimination
Sp. Rapporteur on occupied Palestine
Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
Sp. Rapporteur on summary executions
Sp. Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers
Special Rapporteur on the right to development
Independent expert on Somalia
Sp. Rapporteur on Myanmar
Special Rapporteur on toxics and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
Special Rapporteur on the elimination of discrimination against persons affected by leprosy and their family members
Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to education
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children
Independent Expert on Mali
Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment
Working Group on the use of mercenaries
Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation
Sp. Rapporteur on the right to everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism
Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Independent Expert on sexual orientation and gender identity
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UN torture prevention body: COVID-19 shows need to strengthen national preventive mechanisms
7/2/2020
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Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
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COVID-19 exacerbates the risk of ill-treatment and torture worldwide – UN experts
6/26/2020
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Sp. Rapporteur on torture
Committee against Torture
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Fund for Victims of Torture
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UN torture prevention body suspends Argentina visit over Covid-19 concerns
Postpones scheduled visits to Bulgaria, Australia and Nauru
3/11/2020
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Bulgaria
Australia
Nauru
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Torture and inhuman treatment
Coronavirus disease 2019
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UN torture prevention body confirms upcoming visits and issues advice on compulsory quarantine for Coronavirus
3/6/2020
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Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
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UN torture prevention body makes second visit to Argentina
3/5/2020
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Argentina
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
Torture and inhuman treatment
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UN torture prevention body announces forthcoming country visits and issues views on Brazil
12/16/2019
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Australia
Bulgaria
Croatia
Lebanon
Madagascar
Nauru
Paraguay
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
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UN torture prevention committee ends first visit to Cabo Verde
10/14/2019
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Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
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UN torture prevention body visits Cabo Verde for the first time
9/27/2019
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Cabo Verde
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
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UN torture prevention body concludes visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
9/19/2019
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of the Committee against Torture
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