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External sources (not reviewed)

The principle of maximum disclosure implies that the scope of the right to information

Moreover, the Chinese Government is supporting the

The child protection act specifies the basic rights and obligations of children — thus children living with disabilities — and it also covers the rights

(p) To ensure that child-sensitive procedures are made available to children and their representatives so that children have access to means of

Organizational work to improve cooperation with regional law enforcement bodies and their services for tuberculosis control, the resolution of problems in connection with tuberculosis morbidity and the implementation, in conjunction

The Committee also recommends that

To meet this objective, UN-Women would centre its work around five core principles: (a) providing demand-driven support to national partners to enhance the implementation of international agreements and standards; (b) supporting intergovernmental processes to strengthen the global normative and policy framework on gender equality; (c)

The subject of the round tables was reporting, the basic supervision mechanism applied by the United Nations treaty bodies regarding the implementation of the international treaties in the field of

The Civil Society Forum attracted 1,500 participants from 270

The mission addressed a series of recommendations to the Government and civil society organizations, including: (a) the adoption of a national strategy for human rights protection to enhance respect for human dignity and citizenship, to promote a culture of peace and to prevent impunity, including through the training of traditional authorities; (b) the

Various actors within society, including, inter alia, educational institutions, the media, families, local communities, civil society

Gravely concerned that, in some instances, national security and counter-terrorism

In the process of documenting this case, the Panel interacted

Civicus - World Alliance For Citizen Participation welcomed new laws adopted on nongovernmental and non-profit organizations asking the Government to report publicly, accurately and comprehensively how these laws had been implemented and what had been done in relation to various recommendations to improve the protection of civil society space, namely to ensure freedom of expression, assembly, association and the right to participate in public and political life, to adopt a National Plans of Action to improve the human rights situation and to implement some of the recommendations of the Treaty Bodies on freedom of

The European Union believed that a more determined effort must be made to fight poverty and HIV/AIDS, which were synonymous with denial of rights; the economic, social and cultural rights must be more vigorously promoted through legislation; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

Please indicate whether the State party considers inviting the special procedures mandate holders who have requested a visit, including the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary

The Committee recommends that the State party strengthen its cooperation with United Nations human rights mechanisms, including by permitting visits of, inter alia, the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary

These communications include a joint urgent action letter with the Special Rapporteurs on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, regarding the hunger strike by political prisoners in Insein prison, on 1 June 2011; and a joint urgent action letter with the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and