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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

October 15, 2019 News Release

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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

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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.
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Human Rights Watch Oral Intervention under Item 2: General Debate on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Update

September 11, 2019 Commentary

Justice, Delayed in Libya

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Sudan: Ensuring a credible response by the UN Human Rights Council at its 42nd session.

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