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March 16, 2017 Report

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Joint Letter: To Permanent Representatives of Member States of the Human Rights Council

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UN Human Rights Council an Important, if Flawed, Tool

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March 15, 2017 Dispatches

Iraqi Troops Using Indiscriminate Weapons in Fight Against ISIS

Members of the Iraqi rapid response forces fire a missile toward Islamic State militants during a battle in south of Mosul, Iraq February 19, 2017.
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Why Is Julie Bishop Meeting Duterte in the Birthplace of His Infamous Death Squads?

March 15, 2017 Commentary

The ‘Command Responsibility’ Controversy in Colombia

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Indonesia's Child Tobacco Workers in Peril

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March 15, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Council Should Take Action on Bahrain, the Philippines, and Turkey

Item 4 General Debate

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March 15, 2017 News Release

Uganda: Ensure Independent Investigation into Kasese Killings

Palace Attack Deaths Underreported; at Least 15 Children Still Missing

A Ugandan soldier guards the remains of the destroyed palace of Charles Wesley Mumbere, king of the Rwenzururu, after Uganda security forces stormed the compound in Kasese town, western Uganda on November 27. December 1, 2016.
March 15, 2017 Dispatches

What Merkel Should Say to Trump

Can She Get Through to Him on Matters of Basic Values?

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and United States President Donald Trump.
March 15, 2017 Commentary

A New Wave of Atrocities is Being Committed Against Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State

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March 15, 2017 Report

Greece: A Year of Suffering for Asylum Seekers

EU-Turkey Deal Traps People in Abuse and Denies Them Refuge

Asylum seekers from Algeria at a refugee squat on Lesbos. People of certain nationalities presumptively considered “economic migrants,” such as Algerians, are treated as having manifestly unfounded claims, and are often detained on that basis.
March 15, 2017 Commentary

Why Iran Should Put Its Foot Down Over Syria Chemical Attacks

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March 15, 2017 Commentary

EU Risks Complicity in Crimes Against Rohingya

As Burma’s military unleashes new wave of violence, Europe stands idly by

March 14, 2017 Commentary

Terrorism Fears Don’t Justify Islamophobia

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