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AUSTRALIA’S ‘NATIONAL SECURITY’ VISA REFUSAL VIOLATED IRANIAN’S RIGHT TO FAMILY LIFE – UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
30 April 2015
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GENEVA (30 April 2015) – Australia violated the right to family life of an Iranian man who had to leave the country after 16 years because he was considered a threat to national security but was never told why, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has found.
Iranian national Mansour Leghaei was refused a permanent visa to stay in…
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP TO HOLD TWENTY-SECOND SESSION IN GENEVA FROM 4 TO 15 MAY 2015
29 April 2015
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The twenty-second session of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 4 to 15 May during which the next group of 14 States are scheduled to have their human rights records examined under this mechanism.
The group of…
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REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE
28 April 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the United Nations…
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24 April 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Director a.i. of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by spokespersons for the World Trade Organization, the International Labour Office, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS CONCLUDES TWENTY-SECOND SESSION
24 April 2015
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Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Kyrgyzstan, Peru and Uganda
The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today concluded its twenty-second session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of…
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21 April 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Michele Zaccheo, Chief of the United Nations Television and Radio Section and Officer-in-Charge of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was also attended by Spokespersons for the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the Office for the Coordination of…
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COOPERATE TO SAVE MIGRANTS' LIVES, URGES UN COMMITTEE
21 April 2015
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GENEVA (Issued as received) – The latest, and worst, loss of life in the Mediterranean Sea demands concerted action by all to save migrants' lives, the UN Committee on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families today urged.
“We once again express our shock and dismay at the appalling loss of life in the seas between…
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17 April 2015
UN Geneva Press Briefing
Ahmad Fawzi, Interim Director of the UN Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Refugee Agency, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the World Health Organization, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Children’s…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES THIRTEENTH SESSION
17 April 2015
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its thirteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Germany, Mongolia and Turkmenistan on how those States parties implement the…
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STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS
17 April 2015
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From 13 to 17 April 2015, the States parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW[1]) held intense discussions at the United Nations in Geneva on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) in a Second Meeting of Experts devoted to this subject.
Presiding over the…
