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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE  States that sign and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance have to make enforced disappearance an offense under their national criminal law.
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ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH, SUSTAINABILITY  The International Union for Conservation of Nature announced that it will monitor a joint "biofuels from sugarcane" project between Shell and sugar giant Cosan to "ensure that the impact of these operations on local communities and nature are minimised."
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HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE  The purpose of the youth conference is to put the needs of young people more prominently on the political agenda. A statement of the NGO Global Meeting that took place at the Conference is available on the Conference website.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIETY & CULTURE  In comments on the Council of Europe's adoption of a Charter on Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights Education, Democracy and Human Rights Education in Europe ("DARE") Board Member Frank Elbers laments that the Charter did not include a provision for monitoring by the Council of country compliance with the EDC/HRE goals contained in the Charter.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE  The Committee's concluding observations on the reports of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Iran, Morocco, Slovenia, Romania, and Uzbekistan can be found here.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE  Heritage Foundation Fellows Brett Schaefer and Steven Groves argue that U.S. engagement and participation in the Universal Periodic Review process "elevate[s] and legitimize[s] the deeply flawed Human Rights Council."
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE  Report addresses the human rights situation in the United States in advance of the country's upcoming Universal Periodic Review session at the UN Human Rights Council.
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HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW & JUSTICE, SOCIETY & CULTURE  The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ("CERD") has considered the combined eighth and ninth periodic reports of Estonia on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination.
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