The US Ambassador to the UN called on Venezuela to “voluntarily step down from his seat on the Human Rights Council” and denounced the “chronic anti-Israeli bias” of the UN body.
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Colombia was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee on October 19th and 20th 2016. We spoke to the Heather Orrange, Head of Campaign and Advocacy at IFEX, about the issue of impunity in the country.
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Mucho se habla, durante el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, de la importancia del trabajo de las ONG. Sin embargo, como representantes de la sociedad civil nos preguntamos si el órgano intergubernamental realmente lo reconoce.
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During Human Rights Council’s meetings, we hear of the importance of the work of NGOs. Yet, as civil society representatives, we wonder how much credit the intergovernmental mechanism really gives us.
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A resolution on the protection of migrant children was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council. It encourages States to take into account the principle of the best interests of the child as a primary consideration.
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