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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...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, A/HRC/22/47/Add.1, 13 December 2012: Honduras

Dec 13, 2012

IV. SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 64. The Special Rapporteur observed that, because of their legitimate work in upholding human rights and fundamental freedoms, certain categories of human rights defenders are at particular risk, including journalists; defenders...

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,...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion, A/67/357, 7 September 2012

Sep 7, 2012

27. In Africa, there have been violent riots (for example, in Kenya, caused by alleged election-rigging and fuelled by tribal tension, and in Nigeria, on the basis of tribal tensions), leading to the deaths of several thousand people; attacks by Muslim villagers...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/LTU/CO3, 31 August, 2012: Lithuania

Aug 31, 2012

3. The Committee welcomes the following legislative and institutional steps taken by the State party: (a) The adoption of the Law on Equal Opportunities which came into force on 1 January 2005 and which prohibits any direct or indirect discrimination based on age,...