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Deadline Extended! 30 September 2015 - Consultation - How to create and maintain civil society space? What works? A Report by the High Commissioner for Human Rights

 

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International Day of Democracy 2015 - "Space for civil society" - 15 September 2015

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Human Rights Council

Information about NGO participation at the forthcoming 30th Session of the Human Rights Council - 14 September to 2 October 2015 - Rm. XX - Palais des Nations. Read more 

Invitation - "Human rights of older persons: Best practices" - Tuesday, 15 Sept 2015 - 11am - Room XXIV, Palais des Nations. Read more

Minutes of the Bureau meeting of 2 September 2015. Minutes - Annex 

Nomination - Chairperson for 4th Forum on Business and Human Rights (16 to 18 November 2015). Read more

News and speeches
Restructuring of sovereign debt: UN Expert stresses GA principles are binding. Read more

Zeid urges France, Bulgaria to halt forced evictions of Roma.  Read more

For the International Day of Democracy Tuesday 15 September 2015 "Stop the erosion of democracy" - UN rights experts urge Governments across the world. Read more

UN child rights committee urges EU Justice and Home Affairs Council to include child rights in migration response. Read more

UN human rights experts welcome encouraging steps away from death penalty in China and India. Read more

Statement by the Committee on the Rights of Migrant Workers on the global migration crisis. Read more

Mexico: UN experts welcome Inter-American Commission on Human Rights report on disappeared, executed and tortured students. Read more

Zeid condemns civil society crackdown in Azerbaijan. Read more


Close to 8,000 people killed in eastern Ukraine - UN. Read more

UN Committee on the Protection on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families on the situation of Syrian migrants. Read more

Chad: UN human rights expert alarmed by the executions of 10 people following a swift trial. Read more

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