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Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/22/53, 1 February 2013

Feb 1, 2013

III. APPLYING THE TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT PROTECTION FRAMEWORK IN HEALTH-CARE SETTINGS C. Interpretative and guiding principles 3. Stigmatized identities 36. In a 2011 report (A/HRC/19/41), the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights examined...

Concluding Observations, CAT/C/PER/CO/5-6, 21 January 2013: Peru

Jan 21, 2013

Attacks against members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community 22. The Committee is seriously concerned at reports of harassment and violent attacks, some of which have resulted in deaths, against the LGBT community by members of the national...

Concluding Observations, E/C.12/TZA/CO/1-3, 13 December 2012: Tanzania

Dec 13, 2012

5. The Committee is concerned that the State party has not yet adopted a comprehensive anti-discrimination bill. It is also concerned that persons living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, persons with disabilities and persons with albinism face social stigma and...

Concluding Observations, CAT/C/RUS/CO/5, 11 December 2012: Russian Federation

Dec 11, 2012

Violent attacks because of race, ethnicity, or identity of the victims 15. The Committee is concerned at persistent reports of discrimination and abuses including violent attacks and abuses against Roma and other ethnic minorities, migrant workers, foreign nationals,...

Fedotova v. Russian Federation, Communication No. 1932/2010, 30 November 2012: Russian Federation

Nov 30, 2012

2.1 The author is an openly lesbian woman and an activist in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in the Russian Federation. In 2009 she, together with other individuals, tried to hold a peaceful assembly in Moscow (so called “Gay Pride”),...