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Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR): 2012 Membership Elections
14 Dec 2011 News
Summary: Membership elections for the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) will take place in April...
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UN Special Procedures: Guide to who's who.
12 Dec 2011 News
Summary: A guide to each of the Special Procedure mandate-holders....
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YEMEN: The youth of Yemen in the Arab Spring
9 Dec 2011 News
Summary: “The revolution gave us the opportunity to get out and speak about human rights and demand them,” says a Yemeni...
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UN: Call for applications for Special Rapporteur on Syria
7 Dec 2011 News
Summary: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is now welcoming applications for the mandate of...
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SYRIA: Human Rights Council adopts resolution and establishes mandate for Special Rapporteur
5 Dec 2011 News
Summary: During the Special Session on Syria, the Council adopted a resolution in which it strongly condemned the...
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SYRIA: Children's rights violations feature in Special Session on Syria
2 Dec 2011 News
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IRAN: UN expert starts probing rights violations in Iran through diaspora in Europe
2 Dec 2011 News
Summary: The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, will launch a fact-finding...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Good practises in protection of freedom of assembly and association
2 Dec 2011 News
Summary: The Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association invites civil society to...
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UN: Expert meeting on children living and / or working on the street
2 Dec 2011 News
Summary: Following on from this year's Annual Day on the Rights of the Child, which focused on children living and / or...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CRC General Comment on children's right to health
30 Nov 2011 News
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