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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, 28 February 2011: Uganda

Feb 28, 2011

Uganda Urgent appeal 2303. On 23 September 2010, the Special Rapporteur, together with the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, the...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/16/44/Add.1, 28 February 2011

Feb 28, 2011

Lettre d’allégation 740. Le 15 novembre 2010, la Rapporteuse spéciale, conjointement avec le Rapporteur spécial sur la promotion et la protection du droit à la liberté d’opinion et d’expression et le Rapporteur spécial sur le droit de toute personne de jouir du...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/17/26/Add.2, 14 February 2011: El Salvador

Feb 14, 2011

IV. MANIFESTATIONS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN D. Attacks against lesbians, bisexuals and transgender persons 28. According to civil society organizations, El Salvador is also facing an escalating level of violence against the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and...

Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, A/HRC/13/30/Add.3, 8 February 2011, Senegal

Feb 8, 2011

VI. REMARKS I. Detentions on grounds of sexual orientation 72. The Working Group received information according to which officers of the National Police had detained persons on allegations of committing “unnatural sexual acts”. This was the case of four men arrested...

Concluding Observations, CAT/C/MNG/CO/1, 20 January 2011: Mongolia

Jan 20, 2011

Discrimination and violence against vulnerable groups 25.The Committee is concerned: (a) About reports that there is no comprehensive domestic law against discrimination and that hate crimes and speech is not an offence under the law. The Committee is also concerned...