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United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR)

Type: Organization

Name: United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) (UNCHR, UNHRC)

First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

MES may take border controversy to UNHRC

Tags: Madhavrao Chavan, Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti NHRC, MESMarch 20: The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) is gearing up to take the border dispute between Karnataka with Maharashtra to an international forum. Noted advocate and MES leader Madhavrao ... [Published 12 hours ago by Deccan Chronicle]

Entities: United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), Belgaum, Petition, Corroboration, Karnataka Government

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

B'Tselem

As time goes, truth of Gaza War fades out (3)

REACTIONSThe fighting in Gaza is already a distant memory for many Palestinians, and any investigation is no longer seen as relevant or important, argued Bassem Eid, the executive director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group.Day by day the ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by People's Daily Online]

Entities: Gaza War, B'Tselem, United Nations, Israel, Military Police

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

Pakistan Christian Congress files additional petition with UNHRC for Refugee Status to Pakistani Christians.

(PCP) The Holland Chapter of Pakistan Christian Congress submitted an additional petition to UNHRC in continuation to petition filed by PCC President D. Nazir S Bhatti to award Refugee Status to Pakistani Christian with UN Secretary General offices in ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Pakistan Christian Post]

Entities: Pakistan, Petition, United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR)

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

In the absence of will: human rights in Egypt

The National Council for Human Rights' new anti-torture unit this week announced its action plan. Amira Howeidy reportsSeven years after it was formed the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) cannot be accused of having chalked up any great success ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by IRCT]

Entities: Human Rights, Egypt, National Coalition for Haitian Rights (NCHR), Torture

First Reported Mar 15 2010 - Updated Mar 15 2010 - 1 Documents

United Nations Human Rights Council

Human rights and all that

The rights inherent to a person as a logical sequel to birth are what human rights is all about.They are natural rights: Universal, general, and fundamental, although some “theorists limit human rights to the right to life, or to life and freedom of ... [Published Mar 15 2010 by Manila Bulletin]

Entities: Human Rights, Philippines, United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), United Nations Human Rights Council

First Reported Mar 13 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 1 Documents

China Asks US to Correct UNCHR Performance

Beijing.- China affirmed on Friday that the United States ignore their own situation regarding human rights while they criticize other countries. China requested the United States to correct their performance regarding that issue.The message in that sense ... [Published Mar 13 2010 by PeriÃ³dico La Demajagua]

Entities: United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), China, United States, Human Rights, Beijing

First Reported Mar 12 2010 - Updated Mar 13 2010 - 2 Documents

US Report Names Half of UN Human Rights Council as Rights Violators, Hillary To Add US to List ?

The UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) is a perfect example of what is wrong with the United Nations, at best it us a joke, at worst it does more to harm human rights than to protect those being abused. The council is a great example of ... [Published Mar 12 2010 by YID With LID]

Entities: Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR)

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 1 Documents

UNHCR: Yemen model in respect for humanitarian principles

[08/مارس/2010] ADEN, March 8 (Saba)- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Monday that Yemen is a model for other countries through its respect for humanitarian principles and international laws of refugees.This came during ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by Yemen News Agency]

Entities: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., Yemen, Refugees

First Reported Mar 08 2010 - Updated Mar 08 2010 - 1 Documents

PCC Holland Chapter to present Petition on Christian persecution to UNHRC in Geneva.

(PCP) Mr. Parvez Iqbal, President of PCC-Holland Chapter will present a petition to UNHRC on Christian persecution in Pakistan during annual session of Commission in Geneva on March 8-9, 2010.PCC Central Council here in a meeting decided to present a ... [Published Mar 08 2010 by Pakistan Christian Post]

Entities: United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), Petition, Geneva

First Reported Mar 05 2010 - Updated Mar 05 2010 - 2 Documents

Morocco to extradite French citizen

HM King Mohammed VI chairs Ministers' Council in Tetouan HM King Mohammed VI chairs Ministers' Council in Tetouan Morocco to extradite French citizen Up to 10 years against members of international drug trafficking network Morocco hails WGEID ... [Published Mar 05 2010 by Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse]

Entities: Morocco, Extradition, Tetouan, King Mohammed VI of Morocco

First Reported Feb 21 2010 - Updated Feb 21 2010 - 1 Documents

People of Sri Lanka become conference adversaries of India

Participants from Sri Lanka to conferences in India require advance security clearance from the Home Ministry of India. The restrictions are applicable to peoples of eight countries, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, ... [Published Feb 21 2010 by TamilNet Newswire]

Entities: Sri Lanka, India, United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), SECURITY CLEARANCE

First Reported Feb 20 2010 - Updated Feb 20 2010 - 2 Documents

Need to perfect UN Human Rights Council

ALGIERS- Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci emphasized Saturday here the need to perfect the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Speaking at the opening of the informal meeting on the revision of the working methods and the functioning of the UNHRC, ... [Published Feb 20 2010 by Algérie Presse Service]

Entities: United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR), UN Human Rights Council, Mourad Medelci

Quotes

...'They don't look at suspicions that pertain to the choice of targets, the open-fire regulations,' said Michaeli. "The question is still open as to whether the troops operating during Cast Lead were operating on the basis of open-fire regulations that allowed them to fire against people who were not clearly participating in the hostilities" she added...

As time goes, truth of Gaza War fades out (3) [People's Daily Online - Mar 19 2010]

...Pillay did detail the efforts Israel has made thus far, but she stressed that they do not appear to have been conducted independently. "All of the command investigations, special and ordinary, appear to rely predominantly, if not exclusively, on information provided by those potentially implicated in the violations" according to Pillay

As time goes, truth of Gaza War fades out (2) [People's Daily Online - Mar 19 2010]

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In the absence of will: human rights in Egypt [IRCT - Mar 15 2010]
Human rights and all that [Manila Bulletin - Mar 15 2010]
China Asks US to Correct UNCHR Performance [PeriÃ³dico La Demajagua - Mar 13 2010]
Comment / UN Human Rights Council is both the p... [Haaretz - Mar 13 2010]
For First Time, U.S. Will Submit Criticism of I... [CNS News - Mar 12 2010]
Not only useless, but harmful [Haaretz - Mar 12 2010]
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PCC Holland Chapter to present Petition on Chri... [Pakistan Christian Post - Mar 08 2010]
Morocco to extradite French citizen [Agence Maghreb Arabe Presse - Mar 05 2010]
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Several Arrested For Vandalizing Sierra Leonean... [Liberia Inquirer - Mar 05 2010]
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13th Session of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC... [Department of Foreign Affairs - Mar 01 2010]
NGO: UNHRC gives impunity to violators [Jerusalem Post - Feb 26 2010]
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Activism requires partisanship [McMaster University Sil - Feb 24 2010]
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Bangladesh Pressures Rohingya after EU Visit [THE IRRAWADDY - Feb 22 2010]
People of Sri Lanka become 'conference adversar... [TamilNet - Feb 21 2010]
People of Sri Lanka become conference adversar... [TamilNet Newswire - Feb 21 2010]

Blogs

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US Report Names Half of UN Human Rights Council... [YID With LID - Mar 12 2010] The UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) is a perfect example of what is wrong with the United Nations, at best it us a joke, at worst it does more to harm human ...
Kosovo: Two years of quasi-state [Ari Rusila's BalkanBlog - Feb 20 2010] “US recognition of severed Kosovo province was a serious mistake, leading to an escalation of tensions, instead of calming down the situation in the Balkans … consensus ...
Iran at the UNHRC [normblog - Feb 17 2010] The UN Human Rights Council has turned its attention to a country other than Israel - namely, Iran. US human rights official Michael Posner spoke at the session ...
Ebadi: Iran abusing rights on many fronts [Anderson Cooper 360 - Feb 09 2010] Shirin Ebadi Special to CNN Although I have already highlighted the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran on several occasions in writing and in person, ...
The rabid right has made me doubt my faith in A... [Politics: Politics blog \| guardian.co.uk - Nov 27 2009] What troubles me about the US today is that the reaction to the Obama presidency is so irrational, emotional and, dare I say it, ignorantDid you read about Congresswoman ...