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Australian Official Rejects UN Group's Binding Authority
December 07, 2017
The Guardian reports that, at a recent UN Human Rights Committee hearing, Australia's permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, John Quinn, responded to the panel's extensive allegations of Australian rights violations, including the alleged failure to enforce the Committee's "authoritative" judgments, by asserting that the Committee's views are not legally binding.
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CoE Pushes UN Agenda on Human Rights Education
December 07, 2017
In an October update, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) highlights a Council of Europe (CoE) report finding the need for more consistent implementation of "democratic citizenship and human rights education" across all European countries.
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UN Observer Critiques French Disability Rights Policies
December 07, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur Catalina Devandas has warned France that it must close all "residential institutions" for persons with disabilities and move to "community-based services" to comply with its international human rights obligations requiring "the full inclusion of all people with disabilities in society."
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UN Agent: "Torture" Includes Arbitrary Force by Police
December 07, 2017
In a recent report to the UN General Assembly, UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer asserted that governments' international human rights obligations against "torture" are triggered by any "unnecessary, excessive or otherwise arbitrary use of force by law enforcement officials," whether inside or outside of prison.
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OECD Pushes UK to Maintain Close EU Links
December 07, 2017
In a report published in October, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) called for UK authorities to maintain "the closest economic relationship with the European Union," including through the trade of goods and services and the movement of labor, in Brexit negotiations to keep the country's economy afloat in the coming years.
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