Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, A/HRC/13/39/Add.5, 5 February 2010
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IV. Minorities and effective political participation: a survey of law and national practices D. Preconditions for and obstacles to effective political participation 56. Discrimination is a key cause of the widespread marginalization of minorities in societies...Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/13/22, 30 December 2009
III. The security and protection of human rights defenders A. Security of human rights defenders (e) Security challenges faced by women defenders and defenders of sexual minorities 49. The Special Rapporteur is deeply concerned about the continuing denigration...
ICJ briefs members of UN Security Council on the need to integrate human rights in counter-terrorism
The ICJ yesterday briefed the members of the UN Security Council on the impact of counter-terrorism policies on human rights and on ways to re-affirm and integrate human rights into the UN.
UN-integrate human rights in counter-terrorism-web story-2009 (full text, PDF)
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