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March 20, 2017 Statement

OPT: OHCHR should complete settlement business database as soon as possible

Item 7 General Debate

Barkan, located in the occupied West Bank, is an Israeli residential settlement and industrial zone that houses around 120 factories that export around 80 percent of their goods abroad. In the background is the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Hassan.
March 17, 2017 Statement

US: Call on Burma to Cease Persecution of Rohingya

Statement to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission Hearing

A family stands beside the remains of a burned down market in a Rohingya village outside Maungdaw, Rakhine State on October 27, 2016.
March 17, 2017 Statement

South Sudan should end its repressive practices

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March 17, 2017 Statement

Haiti should not leave Civil Society out of decision on mandate

Item 6 UPR Adoption

People make a line as they wait for food to be handed out after Hurricane Matthew hit Jeremie, Haiti, October 19, 2016.
March 16, 2017 Statement

Uganda - investigation needed into violence in Kasese

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Riot police block a driveway leading to the home of leading opposition politician and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party presidential candidate Kizza Besigye on the outskirts of Uganda's capital Kampala, February 20, 2016.
March 16, 2017 Statement

Zimbabwe should investigate allegations of torture

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 A woman stands in front of a pile of her household property at Chingwizi transit camp, which the government forcibly shut down in August 2014. Hundreds of families lost their property left in the open during their relocation to the camp. March 2014.
March 16, 2017 Statement

Venezuela’s Human Rights Obligations under Scrutiny in Geneva

Item 6 UPR adoption on Venezuela

Nurses at a hospital in Barquisimeto discuss which patients will receive medicines and which will have to wait due to severe shortages of medicines at the hospital, August 24, 2016.
March 15, 2017 Statement

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

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March 14, 2017 Statement

Syria - Lasting Peace Will Require that Thousands Unlawfully Detained are Released and Obtain Justice

High Level Panel Discussion at the Human Rights Council: Human Rights Situation in Syria

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March 13, 2017 Statement

Strong Measures Needed to Advance Accountability in North Korea

Interactive Dialogue with Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Item 4

Soldiers walk under pictures of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the capital's main ceremonial square after a mass rally and parade on May 10, 2016.
March 9, 2017 Statement

US: Stand Up for Ethiopians as Government Stifles Protests, Jails Journalists

Human Rights Watch Statement on Ethiopia to US Congress

Armed security officials watch as protesters stage a protest against government during the Irreechaa cultural festival in Bishoftu, Ethiopia on October 02, 2016.
March 9, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Council: With Human Rights under Threat, a Time for Leadership

Item 2 – Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on his Annual Report

March 8, 2017 Statement

Joint Statement on Iran: Repression of Those Seeking Truth and Justice for 1980s Killings Needs to Stop

March 8, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Council: Protect the right to privacy

Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy

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February 28, 2017 Statement

Australia: Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Foreign Policy White Paper

Strengthening Human Rights in Australia’s Foreign Policy

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop speaks at the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 29, 2015.

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