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February 24, 2017 Letter

Sustaining attention to human rights violations in China

Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

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February 24, 2017 Letter

Member States should call for improvements in the human rights situation in Bahrain

Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

Protesters in Iraq stage a demonstration against the execution of three men in Bahrain, January 19, 2017.
February 20, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Pledge to End Police Abuse Not Met

Repeal Prevention of Terrorism Act, Prosecute Torture

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February 14, 2017 Commentary

Onus on Turnbull to Remember Sri Lanka’s Victims

A Tamil woman cries as she holds up an image of her family member who disappeared during the civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) at a vigil to commemorate the international day of the disappeared in Colombo August 30, 2013.
February 13, 2017 Letter

The Human Rights Council should establish the mandate of an Independent Expert on Libya

Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

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February 2, 2017 Commentary

A Midlife Crisis for the Treaty-Based Human Rights System?

January 12, 2017 News Release

Sri Lanka: Adopt Task Force’s Justice Proposals

Consultations Highlight Broad Accountability Concerns

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December 14, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Council should use its full powers to end appalling atrocities in South Sudan

Civil Society Statement to the UN Human Rights Council's 26th Special Session regarding South Sudan

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December 12, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Council: Maintain scrutiny of situation in Ukraine

Presentation of the OHCHR periodic report on the situation of human rights in Ukraine

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November 21, 2016 News Release

UN: Victory for LGBT Rights

General Assembly Rejects Effort to Stop Expert's Work

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November 21, 2016 Letter

Civil Society Joint Statement to the Third Committe: Defend Independence of the UN Human Rights Council

November 8, 2016 Commentary

State's Double Dealing a Threat to Rights in SA

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November 1, 2016 Dispatches

How Saudi Arabia Kept its UN Human Rights Council Seat

While Russia Loses Bid in Close Vote

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October 26, 2016 Letter

Joint NGO Letter: Suspension of Burundi from Human Rights Council

Open letter to Ambassadors and Permanent Representatives of Member States of the United Nations in Geneva and New York

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.
October 24, 2016 News Release

UN: Violators Undermine Human Rights Council

Russia, Saudi Arabia Should Not Sit on Top Rights Body

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