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Businesses & rights in Latin America 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
A UN expert body launches the largest debate to date on the impacts of business activities on human rights in Latin American and the Caribbean. (Medellín, Colombia, 28-30 August).
Challenging arbitrary detention 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
UN expert group on arbitrary detention to draft a set of guiding principles on the right of anyone deprived of his liberty to go to court to challenge the legality of the detention.
Conflict's toll on Syria's children 26 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child says the alleged chemical weapons that reportedly killed many civilians, including children, is a horrifying example of how Syrian children are paying the u...
Panel set for hearings in Japan 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
UN commission on the human rights situation in North Korea is due to hold public hearings in Japan next week that will include testimony on the abduction of Japanese nationals to the DPRK.
California jails / Solitary confinement 23 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
“Solitary confinement can amount to cruel punishment, even torture” – UN expert Juan E. Méndez urges the US to abolish the use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement.
Religious hatred in Myanmar 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
UN expert Tomás Ojea Quintana urges Myanmar to press on with the reconciliation of ethnic groups, and fight the spread of incitement of hatred against religious minority groups.
Refugees' detention 'arbitrary' 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Australia’s indefinite detention of 46 recognized refugees on security grounds amounted to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, inflicting serious psychological harm on them, a UN Committee finds.
Syria / Chemical weapons 22 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
Pillay calls for an urgent investigation on the alleged death of hundreds of civilians – including many women and children – as result of the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
DRC rights visit 19 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri will visit the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 22 to 28 August to evaluate the human rights situation there.
A call for restraint and dialogue 16 Aug 2013 | 05:00 am
“Egypt is facing an escalating and deeply worrying human rights crisis” – A group of UN experts urge all parties involved to take immediate steps towards political reconciliation.
