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UN Observers Seek Bolstered Migration Rights
October 31, 2016
Two UN human rights mandate holders have characterized upcoming negotiations on an international compact for the global governance of migration as an opportunity to establish an "Agenda 2033 for Facilitating Human Mobility," which would provide for expanded access of migrants around the world to safe "mobility channels."
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UN Agent Pushes "Right to Adequate Housing"
October 31, 2016
Following the UN "Habitat III" Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, describes her efforts to integrate the global human rights agenda into urban planning and to persuade officials to recognize as "rights claimants" those in cities who do not have access to adequate housing.
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WHO Works on Standards Supporting "Right to Reproduce"
October 28, 2016
According to The Telegraph, critics argue that new global standards to which the UN's World Health Organization has contributed, expanding the definition of "infertility" to include anyone who wishes to have children but cannot, threaten the WHO's credibility and merely seek to support an international human right to reproduce.
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UN Agent Seeks Global Interrogation Standards
October 28, 2016
UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, has released a statement calling for the development of universal standards promoting "non-coercive interview methods," going beyond torture prevention to limit "risks of intimidation, coercion, and mistreatment" when questioning both suspects and witnesses.
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HRW Highlights UNHRC Credibility Issues
October 28, 2016
Underlining the credibility problems faced by a human rights body that permits the inclusion of authoritarian regimes within its ranks, Human Rights Watch has called on members of the UN Human Rights Council to vote against Russia and Saudi Arabia's bids for UNHRC seats due to their unlawful attacks in foreign countries.
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