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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 Dispatches

Afghan President Speaks Out for Human Rights at UN

But Ignores Afghanistan’s Torture Scourge

Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. Headquarters in New York, U.S., September 19, 2017.

September 21, 2017 Letter

Letter regarding the human rights situation in Sudan during the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council

September 21, 2017 News Release

Iraq: Missed Opportunity for Comprehensive Justice

UN Security Council’s ISIS Probe Omits Other Forces’ Abuse

Heads of state and their representatives take part in a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the situation in the Middle East during the General Assembly for the 71st session of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New Yo

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 Dispatches

Ending China’s Retaliation Against Activists at the UN

New Secretary-General Report Details State Abuses

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 20, 2017 News Release

UN: Push North Korea to End Child Sexual Abuse

Government Denies Child Rape and Sexual Abuse

A North Korean flag flies at the DPRK Permanent Mission in Geneva.

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.

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