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October 2, 2017 Dispatches

UN Human Rights Council Confronts Venezuela

Critical to Keep up Pressure on Maduro

The name place sign of Venezuela is pictured on the country's desk at the 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland September 11, 2017.

September 28, 2017 Statement

Myanmar: Global Appeal for UN Action

Stop Crimes Against Humanity

September 28, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Body: Stand With Yemeni Civilians, Launch International Investigation

Item 10 General Debate on High Commissioner’s report on Yemen

Rubble from a residential house in Saada City, Yemen. An airstrike almost completely destroyed the house on May 6, 2015, killing 27 members of one family. © 2015 Ole Solvang/Human Rights Watch

September 28, 2017 Statement

UN and Member States: Protect Civilians, Support Special Criminal Court

Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the Central African Republic

MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol between Batangafo and Bouca in Ouham province, July 2015.

September 27, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Strengthen Scrutiny of Situation in Sudan

Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sudan

United Nations Mission in Darfur peacekeepers stand guard in Shagra village, North Darfur, October 18, 2012. © 2012 Reuters

September 27, 2017 Statement

UN Human Rights Council should prioritize countering raging impunity in Libya

Interactive Dialogue – High Commissioner’s oral update on Libya

The above image is a screenshot from a video posted on July 24, 2017 showing the apparent summary execution by LNA fighters of 20 prisoners, whom the commander, believed to be ICC suspect Mahmoud Al-Werfalli (wearing cap), accuses of “terrorism.”

September 27, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Body: Ensure Pre-Election Reporting on Cambodia

Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on Cambodia

People search for their names on a voting list during commune elections in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 4, 2017.

September 27, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Mechanism Needed to Document Violations and Provide Accountability in Somalia

Item 10 Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Somalia

Somali Freelance journalist Mohamed Guray holds his camera after he was injured in a secondary explosion in front of Dayah hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, January 25, 2017.

September 27, 2017 Statement

UN Rights Body Should Continue Scrutiny of Rights Violations in DR Congo

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

Peacekeepers serving in the UN peacekeeping mission in Congo (MONUSCO) drive past burning tyres as they patrol during protests against the failed implementation of the New Year’s Eve agreement, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, April 10, 2017.

September 26, 2017 Statement

Ukraine: Respect Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Item 10 Interactive dialogue on the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights periodic update on Ukraine

September 25, 2017 Statement

Expansion of Illegal Settlements, Deterioration in Gaza, Escalation in Repression by Palestinian Forces Warrant Council’s Attention

Item 7 General Debate

Israeli police check the identification card of a Palestinian woman at Damascus Gate in the Israeli occupied Old City of Jerusalem. © 2016 Ammar Awad/Reuters

September 25, 2017 Dispatches

UN’s Top Human Rights Body Should Establish Yemen Inquiry

Global Action Needed to Deter Future Abuses and War Crimes

A Houthi-Saleh artillery attack hit this home in a residential neighborhood in Taizz, Yemen on September 15, 2017. The attack, along with another that afternoon, killed three children and gravely wounded nine more.

September 22, 2017 Statement

South Africa should prioritize implementing inclusive education for children with disabilities

Item 6 UPR adoption

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

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