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March 29, 2018 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of the Central African Republic

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

Anti-Balaka fighters in Gambo, Mboumou province, Central African Republic, on August 16, 2017.

March 29, 2018 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Senegal

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

Des talibés mendient dans une rue de Saint-Louis, au Sénégal, le 7 mai 2017.

March 29, 2018 UPR

Joint submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Chad

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

Families of Habré's victims demonstrate in Ndjaména, 2005.

March 29, 2018 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of China

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

March 29, 2018 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Malaysia

31st session of the Universal Periodic Review; 3rd cycle

March 28, 2018 UPR

Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Jordan

Third cycle of the UPR, 31st session

March 22, 2018 Statement

Cambodia Descending into Authoritarianism, UN Rights Body Failing to Act

Item 10 General Debate

Supporters of Kem Sokha, leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), stand outside the appeals court during his bail hearing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 26, 2017.

March 22, 2018 Statement

Sri Lanka: continued Human Rights Council scrutiny needed until justice commitments met in full

Item 2 General Debate

Demonstrators hold candles at a “Black January” vigil to commemorate killings and disappearances of Sri Lankan journalists, Colombo, Sri Lanka, January 24, 2017.

March 21, 2018 Statement

UN Human Rights Council Set to Fail People of Libya

Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner’s oral update on Libya

People walk near a puddle of water mixed with blood at the site of twin car bombs near a mosque in the Salmani neighborhood of Benghazi that resulted in scores of deaths and injuries, Libya, January 24, 2018. © 2018 Reuters

March 20, 2018 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Take Further Action on DR Congo

Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Democratic Republic of Congo

Security forces pursue peaceful protesters in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on December 31, 2017. © 2017 John Bompengo

March 20, 2018 Statement

Growing Concern over Human Rights Abuses Associated with Settlements

Item 7 General Debate

Israeli soldiers detain 16-year-old Fawzi al-Junaidi in Hebron amid protests in December over the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

March 20, 2018 News Release

Sri Lanka: Little Action on Promised Justice, Reforms

Time-Bound Action Plan on UN Human Rights Council Pledges Crucial

Sri Lankan Tamil women hold up photographs of their missing family members as they wait to hand over a petition to the U.N. head office in Colombo March 13, 2013.

March 15, 2018 Statement

South Korea Should Accept Recommendations to Abolish the Death Penalty and Decriminalize Abortion

South Korea UPR Adoption

March 15, 2018 Statement

Ghana Should Implement Commitments on Mental Health Issues

Item 6 UPR Adoption

March 15, 2018 Statement

Argentina Should Decriminalize Abortion

Argentina's UPR adoption

A banner that reads, "Not another (woman) less" is seen outside the Congress during a demonstration against femicides and violence against women in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 3, 2017

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