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Concluding Observations, CAT/C/PRY/CO/4-6, 14 December 2011: Paraguay

Dec 14, 2011

Conditions of detention and use of pretrial detention 19. The Committee is concerned about the habitual and widespread use of pretrial detention, which may undermine the right to presumption of innocence, rather than non- custodial measures. The Committee is also...

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/66/268, 5 August 2011

Aug 5, 2011

III. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT E. States Rationale for the Use of Solitary Confinement 42. Solitary confinement is also used to separate vulnerable individuals, including juveniles, persons with disabilities, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Persons, for their...

Interim report of the Special Rapporteur on the right of health, A/66/254, 3 August 2011

Aug 3, 2011

III. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW AND THE RIGHT TO SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH 9. Reproductive health rights also feature prominently in the Programme of Action of the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development, the 1995 Beijing Platform for...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/CRI/CO/5-6, 2 August 2011: Costa Rica

Aug 2, 2011

40. The Committee takes note of the establishment of regulations aiming to respect the identity of transgender women in the identity photograph cards issued by the Civil Registry Office. However, it expresses its concern about discrimination in the State party against...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/KOR/CO/7, 1 August 2011: Republic of Korea

Aug 1, 2011

Discriminatory laws 14. While the Committee notes that the consultations on the adoption of the Anti-Discrimination Bill and on the effectiveness of some 90 pre-existing laws on discrimination conducted by the Subcommittee on Anti-Discrimination Laws were concluded at...