Avainsana: human rights
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UN finds Netherlands violated human rights of stateless child
The Netherlands violated a child’s rights by failing to acknowledge that he was stateless and eligible for international protection, a UN committee has found, urging…
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EU sets human rights controls on ‘dual use’ exports
The EU institutions agreed Monday new criteria for exporting ‘dual use’ products and technologies, including cyber-surveillance tools, that can be repurposed in ways which violate…
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Independent UN rights experts urge Thai government to allow peaceful protests
Calling the latest imposition of a state of emergency in Thailand, a “draconian measure”, UN-appointed human rights experts on Thursday urged the Government there to guarantee the…
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Intersex surgery ‘abuses’ condemned by 34 states at U.N. rights forum
More than 30 countries on Thursday condemned “medically unnecessary surgeries” on intersex children as a human rights violation, amid mounting efforts to ban such operations….
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