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UN Agent: Confinement Based on Disabilities Violates Rights
March 07, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities Catalina Devandas has referred to the confinement of people on the basis of a disability, including the institutionalization of children with disabilities by their parents, as a “massive human rights violation.”
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UN Observers Call for Accountability for Israeli “War Crimes”
March 07, 2019
Responding to the findings of a UN Commission of Inquiry on the treatment of Palestinian demonstrators at the Israeli border in 2018, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the rights of Palestinians Michael Lynk echoed the body’s calls for international legal accountability of Israeli forces for alleged “war crimes.”
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UN Agent Promotes “Impact Assessments” of Economic Reforms
March 07, 2019
UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is using his reports on Ukraine and Sri Lanka, demanding a “balance” between economic development and human rights, to promote his Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Economic Reforms at the UN Human Rights Council.
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UN Observer Identifies Air Pollution as Rights Threat
March 07, 2019
In a recent interview, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd called on governments "to fulfill their human rights obligations by reducing air pollution to acceptable levels," including by shutting down all coal-fired power plants and creating “national air quality action plans.”
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UK Supermarket Chain Discloses Tea, Coffee Suppliers
March 07, 2019
British supermarket chain Marks & Spencer has disclosed its tea and coffee suppliers in response to pressure for supply-chain transparency from nongovernmental organizations attempting to impose a responsibility on large companies to ensure workers receiving “living wages” throughout their complex, global supply chains.
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