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UN Agent Demands US Investigation of Migrant Child’s Death
January 08, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur of the human rights of migrants Felipe González Morales has demanded an investigation of the recent death of a Guatemalan migrant child in the custody of US immigration authorities and characterized US detention of minors on the basis of their migrant status “a violation of international law.”
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Turkey Plans to Demand UN Investigation of Khashoggi Murder
January 04, 2019
Al Jazeera reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced plans to work with other countries to issue a formal demand for UN bodies to investigate the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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UN Group Reiterates Call for Freedom of Wikileaks Founder
January 04, 2019
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has repeated its calls for the UK to permit Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he is residing to avoid extradition over a sexual-assault charge, in recognition of the “high price” he has paid for exercising his right to freedom of expression in releasing classified documents.
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Hungarian Spokesman: UN Compact Seeks to Legalize Illegal Migration
January 04, 2019
Victoria Friedman writes that Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács recently characterized the UN’s and EU’s backing of a Global Compact on Migration as efforts to legalize illegal migration and as a mistaken attempt to recognize migration as a fundamental human right.
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UNGA Approves Global Compact on Refugee Treatment
January 03, 2019
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) recently approved a Global Compact on Refugees, struck without the support of the US, that includes pledges to limit the detention of asylum seekers and seeks more discretion for UN actors to allocate refugees among UN members.
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