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Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/MWI/CO/1, 18 June 2012: Malawi

Jun 18, 2012

7. The Committee is concerned about allegations regarding reported cases of violence and discrimination against people engaging in same-sex relationships in the State party, as well as allegations of incitement to violence against them by some public officials and...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism: implementation of General Assembly resolution 66/143, A/HRC/20/38, 29 May 2012

May 29, 2012

II. ADDRESSING THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGES POSED BY EXTREMIST POLITICAL PARTIES, MOVEMENTS AND GROUPS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CORRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS. B. Persistence of racial violence against vulnerable groups 8. While minorities, migrants, foreigners,...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/GTM/CO/3, 19 April 2012: Guatemala

Apr 19, 2012

11. The Committee is concerned at the discrimination and violence suffered by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons and rejects all violations of their human rights on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity (arts. 3, 6, 7 and 26)....

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/DOM/CO/5, 19 April 2012: Dominican Republic

Apr 19, 2012

16. The Committee is concerned at reports of discrimination, bullying, homicide, ill-treatment, torture, sexual aggression and sexual harassment against persons because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Committee also regrets the lack of information...

Report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice, A/HRC/20/28, 5 April 2012

Apr 5, 2012

III. Conceptual framework 13. For legal guarantees of gender equality to benefit all women, implementation frameworks and strategies must be responsive to the intersections of sex-based discrimination with other grounds of discrimination, such as race, ethnicity,...