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Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/FRA/CO/4, 31 July 2008: France

Jul 31, 2008

6. The Committee welcomes France’s creation of the High Authority to Combat Discrimination and Promote Equality (la haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l’egalité, HALDE), which has the power to receive individual complaints and act on its own ...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/GBR/CO/6, 30 July 2008: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jul 30, 2008

5. The Committee welcomes the adoption of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the Gender Recognition Act 2004, the Equality Act 2006 and the Sex Discrimination (amendment of Legislation) Regulations 2008. Link to full text of the report: Concluding...

Concluding Observations, CAT/C/SWE/CO/5, 4 June 2008: Sweden

Jun 4, 2008

5. The Committee notes with satisfaction the ongoing efforts at the State level to reform its legislation, policies and procedures in order to ensure better protection of human rights, including the right not to be subjected to torture and ill-treatment, in...

Report of the special rapporteur on the right to education, A/HRC/8/10/Add.4, 27 May 2008: Bosnia and Herzegovina

May 27, 2008

II. GENERAL VIEW OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM A. National legal framework 3. Framework Law on Higher Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina 22. The Law states that access to higher education regulated by licensed higher education institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina shall...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/SWE/CO/7, 8 April 2008: Sweden

Apr 8, 2008

9. The Committee commends the State party for the adoption, in November 2007, of the action plan to combat men’s violence against women, violence and oppression in the name of honour and violence in same-sex relationships. 10. The Committee welcomes the amendment of...