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September 21, 2016 Statement

The Sudanese government should investigate and prosecute those responsible for human rights violations

Item 6 UPR Adoption

September 21, 2016 Statement

Greece should implement Universal Periodic Review recommendations and counter xenophobic violence

Item 6 UPR Adoption

September 19, 2016 Statement

UN rights body cannot ignore the situations in Turkey, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia

Item 4 General Debate

September 16, 2016 News Release

India: Activist Blocked from UN Meeting, Detained

Khurram Parvez Was to Raise Concerns About Crackdown in Kashmir

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar against the recent killings in Kashmir on September 7, 2016.

September 15, 2016 Statement

Human Rights Watch Calls for Better Protections for the Rights of Older People

Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons

September 14, 2016 Statement

UN rights body should act to implement High Commissioner’s recommendations on key human rights situations

Item 2 Debate on the High Commissioner's Report

Riot police patrol a street in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, during nation-wide protests against a proposed change in the law that would delay elections, January 19, 2015.

September 13, 2016 Statement

States should promote gender equality and non-discrimination in the enjoyment of the rights to water and sanitation

HRC33, Item 3 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation

September 13, 2016 News Release

Thailand: No New Military Trials of Civilians

Army Maintains Power to Arrest and Detain, Prosecute Pending Cases

September 8, 2016 Letter

NGO Letter regarding the human rights situation in Sudan

Submitted in advance of the 33rd session of the UN Human Rights Council

Fighters from the rebel Sudan Liberation Army-Abdul Wahid faction

September 7, 2016 Letter

UN Human Rights Council: Addressing the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council

July 13, 2016 Letter

UN Committee Against Torture: Submission on Burundi

Part of a Special Review on Burundi during the 58th session of the CAT

A Burundian artist’s drawing of a fictional case of policemen and an intelligence agent torturing a detainee.

July 8, 2016 Statement

UN Human Rights Council should fulfill its promise

Statement at closing of 32nd session

June 30, 2016 News Release

UN Makes History on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

Human Rights Body Establishes an Independent Expert

June 30, 2016 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: High Commissioner’s reports on human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Burma/Myanmar and on Sri Lanka

Statement delivered under Item 2

Police officers escort humanitarian worker Patrick Khum Jaa Lee during a court hearing in Rangoon on January 22, 2016. He served six months in prison for allegedly posting an image deemed “insulting” to the military.