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MADAGASCAR: “Poverty and impunity have increased contemporary forms of slavery,” warns UN Exper
20/Dec/2012 Publication
Summary: The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Gulnara Shahinian, today called on the Government of...
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MIGRANT WORKERS: Treaty body seeks comments on draft General Comment
6/Dec/2012 News
Summary: The Committee on Migrant Workers is seeking comments on its draft General Comment No. 2 on the rights of migrant...
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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Enhancing legal standards may be necessary, says UN chief
5/Dec/2012 News
Summary: Addressing the largest global forum to date on the impact of global business on human rights, the UN human rights...
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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: Largest open dialogue set to begin in Geneva
29/Nov/2012 News
Summary: On 3 December, around one thousand participants will join the largest global discussion to date on how...
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MOROCCO: Report exposes abuse of child domestic workers
16/Nov/2012 Publication
Summary: A report by Human Rights Watch found that some child domestic workers – who are overwhelmingly girls – toil for...
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LEBANON: Children's Rights in the UN Special Procedures' Reports
13/Nov/2012 Publication
Summary: This report extracts mentions of children's rights issues in the reports of the UN Special Procedures. This does...
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ERITREA: Persistent violations of children's rights
19/Oct/2012 Publication
Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This...
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MONGOLIA: UN expert group concerned about unclear responsibilities between State and business
18/Oct/2012 News
Summary: The UN Working Group in Business and Human Rights has just completed its inaugural visit, to Mongolia....
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NEPAL: Persistent violations of children's rights
16/Oct/2012 Publication
Summary: The violations highlighted are those issues raised with the State by more than one international mechanism. This...
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BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: UN Working Group to visit Mongolia
4/Oct/2012 News
Summary: A United Nations group of independent experts on business and human rights will undertake its first country...
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