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Concluding Observations, CRC/C/VEN/CO/3-5, 19 September 2014: Venezuela

Sep 19, 2014

C. General principles (arts. 2, 3, 6 and 12) Non-discrimination 27. The Committee notes with satisfaction the adoption of the Law against Racial Discrimination, in 2011, and other laws aimed at protecting the rights of indigenous peoples. It also welcomes the adoption...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, A/69/365, 1 September 2014

Sep 1, 2014

III. Actions at the multilateral level and their impact on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association A. Norms regulating the rights to freedom of association and of peaceful assembly at the multilateral level 24. Article 71 of the Charter of the...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, A/69/340, 22 August 2014

Aug 22, 2014

III. Racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in sports A. Context 14. The Special Rapporteur would like to clarify that racism in sports is only one manifestation of discrimination and exclusion directed at persons and groups on the basis of...

Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, A/HRC/27/48, 30 June 2014

Jun 30, 2014

II. Activities of the Working Group in 2013 D. Prevention of imminent arbitrary deprivation of liberty 62. Under the Working Group’s current methods of work, there is no mechanism addressing situations where there is sufficiently reliable information that the...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, A/HRC/26/38/Add.3, 18 June 2014: Azerbaijan

Jun 18, 2014

IV. Challenges in fulfilling the State’s obligation to act with due diligence to eliminate violence against women E. Remedies for specific groups at risk 79. The Special Rapporteur heard of the particular distress experienced by women with disabilities, the severe...