UN Human Rights Council
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AFRICA
Cameroon: Moving fast when there are short windows of opportunity for basic constitutional re-structuring
By Rene Wadlow On 8 May 2019, Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, after a 3-day…
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ASIA
Concerned action needed for Myanmar’s Rakhine state
By Rene Wadlow An independent commission chaired by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan made its recommendations to the government of Myanmar…
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ASIA
UN pressure grows on Myanmar human rights conditions
By Rene Wadlow On Friday 24 March 2017, the 47-member UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution without a vote…
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INTL CONFLICTS
UN report highlights violations of humanitarian international law
By Rene Wadlow On 2 March 2017, the special committee on Syria created by the UN Human Rights Council presented…
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Breaking News
30 July: UN-designated Day for Developing Awareness of Human Trafficking
By Rene Wadlow The recent interception by the Italian Navy of two ships filled with refugees from Syria and other…
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AMERICAS
New challenges for global citizens
By Rene Wadlow The Global Citizenship Commission (GCC) under the leadership of the former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented…
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ASIA
A probe into defeat in UNHCR re-elections
By Sadia Kazmi The defeat in the re-elections of the UN Human Rights Council is being viewed as a humiliating…
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