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UN Agents Push Portugal on Housing, Sanitation Rights
December 30, 2016
Following a recent official visit to Portugal, two UN human rights mandate holders called on the country's officials to adopt "human rights oriented regulations and safeguards," along with national legislation, guaranteeing the recognition and fulfillment of what they identified as global rights to safe drinking water, sanitation, and adequate housing.
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OSCE Promotes "Gender Mainstreaming" Policies in Montenegro
December 30, 2016
At a recent workshop in Podgorica, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) sought input from Montenegrin local and national officials on a draft "analysis on gender mainstreaming at the local level" to further the implementation of the OSCE's Memoranda of Understanding on promotion of gender equality in the country.
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US Permits UN Vote on Israeli Settlements
December 23, 2016
Aided by the abstention of the Obama Administration, the UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling on Israel to "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory" and calling such settlements a "flagrant violation" of international law.
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UN Chief: Targeting of Israel Has "Foiled" UN Priorities
December 21, 2016
The Independent reports that, in recent remarks to the UN Security Council, outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated that the "disproportionate" number of resolutions, committees, and reports targeting Israel for alleged misconduct and rights violations has "foiled the ability of the UN to fulfill its role effectively."
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UN Rights Chief Warns Against Israeli Settlement Bill
December 21, 2016
Referring to Israeli settlements as "the principal cause of a wide range of human rights violations inside the occupied West Bank," UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has warned that Israeli legislation under consideration in the legislature that would retroactively legalize such settlements is contrary to international law.
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