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29 Mar 2006, 8:53 am
[JURIST] Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen [official profile] said Wednesday that UN human rights envoy Yash Ghai should be removed from his position as special envoy after Ghai publicly criticized Cambodia's intolerance to dissent [AP report]. [read post]
7 Nov 2007, 3:09 am
[JURIST] UN Special Envoy for Myanmar Ibrahim Gambari [official profile] will meet with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile] on Thursday, Gambari told diplomats during a one-hour briefing Wednesday. [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 10:52 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] said Wednesday that strengthening human rights is an integral part of the rebuilding process [statement, PDF] in Haiti. [read post]
27 Jan 2005, 3:08 pm
[JURIST] The UN committee charged with monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women [background and text; committee website] released a report Thursday accusing Mexico of "grave and systemic violations" of women's rights. [read post]
11 Apr 2006, 3:54 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak [official profile, DOC] has said that Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] authorities continue to use torture [JURIST news archive], particularly against those who oppose the government, noting that he has evidence of systematic torture by police and security forces in the country. [read post]
18 Oct 2004, 4:11 am
Inspectors for the UN International Atomic Energy Agency are visiting Brazil (official site in Portuguese) Monday to examine the country's efforts to enrich uranium. [read post]
13 Nov 2009, 6:52 am
A United Nations special investigator has accused the American government of pouring billions of dollars into rescuing banks and big business while treating as "invisible" a deepening homeless crisis.Raquel Rolnik, the UN special rapporteur for the right to adequate housing, who has just completed a seven-city tour of America, said it was shameful that a country as wealthy as the US was not spending more money on lifting its citizens out of homelessness and substandard,… [read post]
29 Mar 2008, 3:30 pm
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council [official website] passed a resolution [press release] Friday condemning the military government of Myanmar [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] for ongoing systematic violations of human rights and people's fundamental freedoms. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 10:42 am
El rrecuperador no quiere hacer un plan de pagos , el quiere el dinero completo o el auto. [read post]
9 May 2012, 11:00 pm
HOLA HOY EN LA MAÑANA DOS PERSONAS PEGARON DOS PAPELES GRANDES QUE DICE QUE TENGO 72 HORAS PARA PAGAR PORQUE YA METIERON LA DEMANDA MERCANTIL A UNA PERSONA LA IDENTIFIQUE PORQUE LLEVABA UN CHALECO DE CAME PERO PUES Y LA OTRA PERSONA QUE PUEDO O DEBO DE HACER GRACIAS [read post]
12 Jul 2007, 12:52 pm
[JURIST] The latest proposal [BBC report] for a UN-supervised independence plan for Kosovo [JURIST news archive] has been rejected by the Russian government, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov [official website] said Thursday. [read post]
9 Aug 2008, 4:51 am
[JURIST] The UN observed its fourteenth International Day of the World's Indigenous People [official website] Saturday, marking the first observance since the September 2007 adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [text, PDF; FAQ, PDF]. [read post]
29 Sep 2006, 11:57 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak [official profile, DOC; JURIST news archive] said Friday that the military commissions bill [JURIST news archive] approved [JURIST report] by the US Senate Thursday could lead to abuses because it does not sufficiently constrain harsh interrogation methods and strips detainees of the ability to challenge their imprisonment through habeas [read post]
16 Jul 2004, 1:45 pm
Palestinian leaders looked to the UN General Assembly Friday for help in pressuring Israel to tear down its barrier in the West Bank, threatening to seek sanctions if Israel does not comply. [read post]
13 Apr 2005, 4:10 am
[JURIST] AP is reporting that the UN General Assembly has approved the text of a draft global treaty designed to prevent nuclear terrorism. 11:35 AM ET - The approval of the text comes at the end of a seven-year negotiating process characterized by tensions between nuclear and non-nuclear powers. [read post]
24 May 2007, 10:07 am
[JURIST] United Nations inspectors met with Sudanese officials Thursday in the first steps of a UN investigation into human rights abuses by the Sudanese government [official website in Arabic] in Darfur [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 9:00 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] on Wednesday passed three resolutions [press release] critical of Israeli practices towards Syrian and Palestinian territories. [read post]
20 Aug 2005, 9:16 am
[JURIST] Ashraf Qazi, special representative of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, asked Saturday that Iraq reconsider its decision to resume carrying out executions, three days after the Iraqi government approved three death sentences [JURIST report]. [read post]
19 Jun 2008, 3:20 pm
Speculation continues as to Louise Arbour's successor as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. [read post]
25 May 2015, 10:35 am
[JURIST] Three Yemeni officials on Sunday said they were notified that the UN-sponsored peace conference designed to establish peace in Yemen has been indefinitely postponed. [read post]
