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8 June 2021, New York USA In a decision on interim measures dated today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee calls on Cape Verde to ‘refrain from

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May 24, 2021 Samuel Ben Turay This second article is certainly going to provide additional information supporting the previous publication two weeks ago . I have indeed come to the conclusion that Africa does not only need good leaders but as well strong institutions that are capable enough to intervene in some of their governments areas of concerns. It might probably too late for the establishment of the Centre of Ex-Inmates Programme (CEP) NGO, in one hand but many believe that, it is better...

Kazakh Senate Vice Speaker, High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia Richard Komenda meet 2 June 2021 10:39 Share in: NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Deputy Senate Chairman Askar Shakirov and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for Central Asia Richard Komenda held a meeting to discuss prospects for cooperation, Kazinform cites the press service of the Senate of the Kazakh Parliament. Related news The meeting focused on the key politi...

EU Reporter Published 43 mins ago As part of the implementation of Uzbekistan’s Action Strategy, which marked the beginning of a new stage of democratic transformations and modernisation of the country, international human rights standards are being actively implemented. The outcomes of which are recognized by international experts, writes Doniyor Turaev, deputy director of the Legislation and Parliamentary Research Institute under the Oliy Majlis. As early as in 2017, Zeid Ra’ad al-Huss...

Date Time Share In Dialogue with Tunisia, Committee on Rights of Child welcomes positive steps and asks about corporal punishment OHCHR Committee Experts Congratulate Tunisia for Being the First Nation Outside Europe to Sign the Lanzarote Convention The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined fourth to sixth periodic report of Tunisia on how it implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, underlining the positive ste...

Taiwan has decided to combat torture and revise its laws to comply with the UN anti-torture framework. A bill on the implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) and its Optional Protocol has been adopted by the Executive Yuan and is pending approval by the legislature. Unlike many treaties that recognize basic human rights and freedoms, UNCAT requires a state to take action and ensure that there is a functioning regula...

English News and Press Release on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 25 May 2021 by OSRSG Children and Armed Conflict

Published May 25, 2021, 2:15 PM Commission on Human Rights The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has joined hands with the international community in commemorating today, May 25, the adoption of two Optional Protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) by the United Nations General Assembly. CHR Spokesperson and lawyer Jacqueline Ann de Guia explained that the 1st Optional Protocol improves the protection of children in contexts of armed conflict — from recruitment and use in h...

Before the European Parliament adopted a resolution on Kazakhstan in February, there was no comprehensive dialogue at the decision-making level and no complete analysis of the EU lawmakers' sources of information, Elvira Azimova, Kazakhstan's commissioner for human rights, told EURACTIV in an interview.