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September 22, 2017 Dispatches

Canada Shows Global Leadership on Protecting Civilians in Yemen

Supports UN Human Rights Council Inquiry into Wartime Abuses

Officials tour a government compound destroyed by recent Saudi-led air strikes in the northwestern city of Saada, Yemen September 3, 2017.
September 22, 2017 Statement

South Africa should prioritize implementing inclusive education for children with disabilities

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September 22, 2017 Statement

Algeria should accept key UPR recommendations on freedom of speech, assembly and association

Item 6 UPR adoption

A woman at Dar al-Insania, an NGO-run shelter in the eastern city of Annaba on March 3, 2010. Dar al-Insania provides women victims of domestic violence, among others, with shelter and services.
September 22, 2017 Statement

Philippines: UN rights body should ensure accountability for unlawful killings

Item 6 UPR adoption

Protesters and residents hold lighted candles and placards at the wake of Kian Loyd delos Santos, a 17-year-old high school student, who was among the people shot dead last week in an escalation of President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs in Caloocan city
September 21, 2017 News Release

India: Key UN Rights Recommendations Ignored

Act on Concerns Raised at Universal Periodic Review

The Indian Delegation at the third Universal Period Review in Geneva, September 21, 2017.
September 21, 2017 Statement

Indonesia should address longstanding human rights issues

Item 6 UPR adoption

Murni Amris, an Acehnese woman, is caned as part of her sentence in the courtyard of a mosque in Aceh Besar district, Indonesia's Aceh province October 1, 2010.
September 21, 2017 Statement

Morocco should implement past UPR recommendations

Item 6 UPR adoption

Moroccan police fires water cannon at protesters demonstrating in the Rif region town of Imzouren, Morocco, June 2, 2017.
September 21, 2017 Statement

Important steps taken, but human rights violations continue in Tunisia

Item 6 UPR adoption

A general view of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People in Tunis, Tunisia, May 2016.
September 21, 2017 Statement

Ecuador should address longstanding human rights problems

Item 6 UPR adoption

Demonstrators clash with a riot police officer during a protest in Quito, Ecuador, on December 3, 2015, as the Ecuadorean National Assembly attended the second debate about constitutional amendments.
September 21, 2017 Statement

Bahrain should not disregard substantive UPR recommendations

Item 6 UPR adoption

MENA Bahrain protesters Pearl roundabout February 2011
September 20, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Body Must End Shameful Silence on Egypt

Item 4 General Debate

Sketch showing an Egyptian man being electrocuted.
September 19, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Body Needs to Urgently Respond to Atrocities in Myanmar

Interactive Dialogue with Myanmar Fact-Finding Mission

A group of Rohingya refugees cross a canal after travelling over the Bangladesh-Burma border in Teknaf, Bangladesh, September 1, 2017.
September 19, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Council should extend mandate of Commission of Inquiry on Burundi and ask General Assembly to review Burundi’s membership in top UN rights body

Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi

The seat of Burundi delegation is pictured before a special session of the Human Rights Council on the situation in Burundi in Geneva, Switzerland December 17, 2015.
September 18, 2017 Statement

Syria: Urgent measures needed to avoid civilian casualties

Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Syria

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters on their way to Raqqa, Syria June 6, 2017© 2017 Reuters
September 18, 2017 Statement

South Sudan: Establish Hybrid Court and Facilitate work of UN Rights Commission

Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with the Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan

A young woman in zone 2 of the sprawling Bidibidi settlement in the West Nile region of Uganda, May 3, 2017.

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