The UN Human Rights Office publishes a report, citing overcrowding as a major problem in Tunisia’s prison system.
The study of the penal system is one of a number of initiatives
undertaken by the Human Rights Office as part of an agreement with the
Tunisian Government to support the promotion and protection of human
rights in the country’s transition to democracy.
Sixty-five
years after the adoption of the Genocide Convention, the first human
rights treaty of the UN system, and the necessity of the Convention is
still recognized.
Human Rights in the news
High Commissioner's visit to South Sudan High
Commissioner for Human Rights will visit South Sudan from 28 to 29
April 2014, to discuss the worsening human rights situation, in the wake
of the recent mass killings in Bentiu and Bor.
CAR / Alarm bells on evacuations
IDPs: “Evacuation to protect the lives of religious minorities under
threat in Central African Republic must be a measure of last resort,”
two UN human rights experts warn.
Honduras / Protecting children
“Honduras must adopt measures to effectively protect children, without
discrimination, from all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation” – UN
expert Najat Maalla M’jid.
Halt further executions in Belarus UN
Special Rapporteur Miklós Haraszti urges the Belarusian authorities to
impose an immediate moratorium on death sentences and to refrain from
carrying out further executions
Visit to Cambodia Deputy
High Commissioner will visit Cambodia from 28 April to 2 May to review
the human rights situation in the country and the efforts underway to
improve it.
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