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Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, A/HRC/13/39, 9 February 2010

Feb 9, 2010

VII. Conclusions and recommendations 75. Among detainees, certain groups are subject to double discrimination and vulnerability, including aliens and members of minorities, women, children, the elderly, the sick, persons with disabilities, drug addicts and gay,...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, A/HRC/13/39/Add.5, 5 February 2010

Feb 5, 2010

III. Cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment B. Excessive use of force by law enforcement bodies 189. Upon my fact-finding missions I have received numerous worrying allegations of excessive use of force by police authorities outside of the context of...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/UKR/CO/7, 5 February 2010: Ukraine

Feb 5, 2010

42. The Committee regrets the lack of detailed information in relation to vulnerable groups of women, such as migrant and refugee women, women belonging to ethnic minorities, in particular Roma women, as well as rural women, older women, disabled women and female...

Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/UZB/CO/4, 5 February 2010: Uzbekistan

Feb 5, 2010

40. The Committee notes the very limited information and statistics available on vulnerable groups of women, including elderly women, women with disabilities and women discriminated against on the basis of their sexuality. The Committee is concerned that those women...

Report of the Independent Expert on Minority Issues, A/HRC/13/23, 7 January 2010

Jan 7, 2010

IV. Minorities and effective political participation: a survey of law and national practices D. Preconditions for and obstacles to effective political participation 56. Discrimination is a key cause of the widespread marginalization of minorities in societies...