Human Rights

Barring women from presidential office in Iran a serious rights violation, UN experts say

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Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed.

Libya: UN calls for active participation of women in drafting of new constitution

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Libyan women queue up to vote on election day in July 2012.

Burma: Revoke ‘Two-Child Policy’ For Rohingya

Coerced Birth Control Reflects Broader Persecution of Muslim Minority

Burma’s government should publicly revoke a discriminatory population control regulation that restricts Rohingya Muslims to having two children. Implementation of this policy is consistent with the wider persecution of the largely stateless Rohingya, violating international human rights protections, and endangering women’s physical and mental health.

Yemen: Investigate, Respond to Landmine Use Reports

Civilians Maimed, Killed by Recently Laid Antipersonnel Mines

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Fawaz Mohsin Saleh Husn al-Jarmoozi, age 9, lost his leg after stepping on a landmine on April 12, 2013.

UN rights chief urges end to 'intolerable' suffering in Syria

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High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay.

OSCE media freedom representative concerned over prison sentences for defamation in Italy, reiterates her call to decriminalize libel

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OSCE Presence helps blind people vote in Albania’s general elections

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Full inclusion of visually impaired people in the public life is part of the work of the OSCE Presence in Albania.

France: First Marriage of a Same-Sex Couple

President Signs Equality Law

The first same-sex wedding in France, planned for May 29, 2013, will be the country’s start of an era of full marriage equality, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

Libya: Seize Chance to Protect Women’s Rights

Historic Time to Entrench Rights through Participation, New Laws and Constitution

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Amal Mohamed B’ayou, an independent candidate in Benghazi, handed out election pamphlets in front of the courthouse on July 6, 2012. “For 42 years men have ruled Libya,” B’ayou said. “Now it’s time for the women to rule.”

Latest round of talks in Transdniestrian settlement process concluded in Odesa with agreement on confidence-building measure

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Ambassador Andrii Deshchytsia, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for Conflicts and Ambassador Jennifer Brush, Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova at the 5+2 talks on the Transdniestrian settlement process in Odesa, Ukraine, 23 May 2013.

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