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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, A/HRC/16/44, 20 December 2010

Dec 20, 2010

III. WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND THOSE WORKING ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS OR GENDER ISSUES B. The approach of the mandate 22. Notwithstanding the legal recognition of the legitimacy of their work, women defenders continue to face significant challenges. Since its...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture, A/HRC/16/52/add.3, 11 October 2010: Jamaica

Oct 11, 2010

III. ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION C. Conditions of detention 3. Correctional centres 47. Homosexuals detained at St. Catherine and Tower Street correctional centres were held in the “vulnerable persons unit” as a protective measure. However, their separation led to a...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/CMR/CO/4, 4 August 2010: Cameroon

Aug 4, 2010

12. The Committee remains deeply concerned about the criminalization of consensual sexual acts between adults of the same sex, punishable with imprisonment from six months to fiver years under article 347(bis) of the Penal Code. As the Committee and other...

Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, A/HRC/14/20, 27 April 2010

Apr 27, 2010

I. INTRODUCTION 1. In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health considers several issues relating to the criminalization of private, consensual sexual behaviour...

Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/BRA/CO/2, 2 November 2005: Brazil

Nov 2, 2005

4. The Committee welcomes institutional measures to protect human rights in the State party, namely, the establishment of Police Ombudsmen’s Offices and “Legal Desks” to provide legal advice and civil documentation to indigenous and rural communities, as well as the...