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December 10, 2019 Commentary

Five Human Rights Issues That Defined 2019 for Australia

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The 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Venezuela's Infiltration of the UN Human Rights Council

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October 18, 2019 Statement

UN Human Rights Council should bring increased attention to grave rights violations by members China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Human Rights Watch Oral Intervention under Item 4: General Debate

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Don’t Let Venezuela Join the United Nations Human Rights Council

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October 1, 2019 Statement

Joint Statement: Continued Delay of the UN Database by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Unfounded and Unacceptable

September 25, 2019 Statement

UN Rights Council Should Ramp Up Engagement on Sudan

Human Rights Watch Oral Intervention under Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sudan

September 25, 2019 Dispatches

Don’t Be Fooled by Venezuela’s Seeming Change of Heart

UN Human Rights Council Should Create an Independent Fact-Finding Mission

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September 25, 2019 Statement

Cambodia: Rights Council Should Ensure Strong Resolution, Monitoring and Reporting

Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia

September 24, 2019 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Encourage DR Congo to Combat Impunity

Interactive dialogue on the Democratic Republic of Congo

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September 19, 2019 Statement

UN Human Rights Council Should Address Chronic Reprisals by Egypt

Item 5 Interactive Dialogue with Assistant Secretary General Andrew Gilmour on Reprisals

September 17, 2019 Statement

UN Human Rights Council Should Renew Mandate of Burundi Investigation

Item 4 interactive dialogue with the UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi

Members of the Burundi ruling party’s youth league, the Imbonerakure, have brutally killed, tortured and severely beaten scores of people across the country in recent months.
September 17, 2019 News Release

UN: Address Egypt’s Assault on Rights

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