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AFGHANISTAN: Four children dead in latest deadly bombing
7/Apr/2015 News
[2 April 2015] – The top United Nations envoy for Afghanistan has condemned “in the strongest terms” today’s deadly...
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اليمن: مقتل 62 طفلاَ واصابة 30 اخرون جراء الإقتتال
1/Apr/2015 News
نيويورك، عمّان  - 31 مارس 2015 –  قتل ما لا يقل عن 62 طفلاَ واصيب 30 اخرون جراء الإقتتال في اليمن على مدى الأسبوع الماضي،...
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IRAQ: ISIL may have committed genocide, says UN human rights report
20/Mar/2015 News
Evidence from a UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights report released today suggests that the attacks against ethnic and religious groups by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant may have been genocide.  
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Report on the status of the right to education
17/Mar/2015 News
Organisations and individuals are invited to submit relevant information for the upcoming report by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and UNICEF.
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Committee on Rights of the Child: Call for submissions on General Comment on the Rights of Adolescents
Thu, 12/03/2015 - 16:45 Event
The Committee on the Rights of the Child has decided to develop a General Comment (GC) on the rights of adolescents. The...
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UNHRC 28th Session: Opening statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights
6/Mar/2015 News
The High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein presents the annual report on the OHCHR activities to open the Human Rights Council session in Geneva on 3 March 2015.
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اطلاق سراح اصغر اسيرة فلسطينية
13/Feb/2015 News
رام الله - معا - افرجت سلطات الاحتلال عن الطفلة الاسيرة ملاك الخطيب 14 عاما، ظهر الجمعة، بعد اعتقال دام ما يقارب الشهرين...
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TRANSPARENCY: UN Committee on NGOs will not reduce transparency and accountability any further
9/Feb/2015 News
China announced that it would withdraw its proposal to withhold the names of countries that stall the application process of NGOs apply for ECOSOC status.
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UZBEKISTAN: World Bank rejects child and forced labour probe
3/Feb/2015 News
“To millions of victims of forced labour in Uzbekistan, the bank has said that despite recognising the relationship between their plight and its loans, it is not worth investigating.” (Umida Niyazova, director of the Uzbek-German Forum for Human Rights)
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NIGERIA: Children suffering ‘dire consequences’ of conflict
23/Jan/2015 News
[20 January 2015] – Women and children make up the vast majority of the latest wave of refugees fleeing violence in...
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