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UN Agent Labels Israel Court Ruling as "License to Torture"
March 06, 2018
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has characterized a ruling from the Supreme Court of Israel exempting from prosecution security agents using "pressure techniques" during an interrogation as a "license to torture," warning that any technique that "intentionally inflicts pain or suffering of sufficient intensity to make the victim confess or cooperate amounts to torture."
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UN Rights Office Opposes US Deportation of Activist
March 05, 2018
AP reports that the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has opposed the deportation of human-rights activist Maru Mora-Villalpando, a Mexican national who is illegally present in America, on the basis that the move is part of an "increasing pattern of intimidation and retaliation against people defending migrants’ rights" in the country.
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UN Panel Offers Blueprint for "Cultural Diversity" in Cities
March 05, 2018
As UN bodies push urban leaders to adopt a global blueprint for development based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and UN-Habitat hosted a panel in Malaysia calling for cities to embrace "cultural diversity" in urban policies to build "sustainable, inclusive" cities across the globe.
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UNESCO, Sweden Call for Sexuality Education in Africa
March 05, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently partnered with the Government of Sweden on a program in sub-Saharan Africa explaining the importance of the inclusion of "comprehensive sexuality education" in school curricula across the continent.
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Resource Panel Seeks Green, "Socially Just" Cities
March 05, 2018
The International Resource Panel, a body of experts established by the UN Environment Programme, has published a report containing a climate-friendly blueprint for the future development of urban areas, with the goal of a "transition to low-carbon, resource-efficient, socially just cities" around the world.
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