Human Rights

UN human rights experts condemn recent execution in Iran

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

UN human rights expert demands Israel halt demolition of Palestinian homes

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Special Rapporteur Richard Falk.

UN calls on South Sudan to develop broad plan to curb inter-communal violence

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A mother prepares a meal for her children on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei which was burned during the ethnic clashes.

UN agency seeks funds for ‘critical’ refugee situation in South Sudan

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A family in a home-made shelter in Kobe camp, Dollo Ado region of Ethiopia.

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Joint Statement on the Rio + 20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development

Realizing human rights and achieving sustainable development are inter-dependent and mutually-reinforcing goals. States must ensure that the Outcome Document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development recognizes the centrality of human rights to sustainable development and reaffirms the international human rights framework.

France's minister for women seeks abolition of prostitution in Europe

French minister for women is all set to organise a conference of experts on how to contain the sex-trade and human-trafficking.

Humanitarian situation in Syria continues to worsen – UN relief agency

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Members of a Syrian family register as refugees in northern Lebanon.

US recognition for Israel's crackdown on human trafficking

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Israel's crackdown on human trafficking has improved over the past year and reached an all-time high, according to the US State Department's 2012 Trafficking of Persons report published Wednesday.

Rights to peaceful assembly and association need greater protection – UN expert

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Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of associationMaina Kiai.

New UN report shows record 800,000 people became refugees in 2011

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UNHCR set up the first camps in the Dadaab complex in 1991 to host up to 90,000 people. Today they host more than 463,000 refugees.

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