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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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Paper Seeks Robust Rights Focus in Climate Measures
October 28, 2016
Wil Burns of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes that governments should adopt a global framework integrating the global human rights agenda in "climate geoengineering" measures used to combat global warming under the UN climate deal set to enter into force this year.
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UN Seeks Funds to Remedy Cholera Disaster in Haiti
October 27, 2016
Reuters reports that UN officials are seeking to raise the international organization's budget, which is paid by its member states, by $200 million to support relief efforts and compensate the families of victims of a cholera outbreak caused by UN peacekeepers in Haiti in 2010.
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UN Group: US Must End Mandatory Migrant Detention
October 27, 2016
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has called on the US to implement global human rights standards by abolishing the mandatory detention of migrants who have illegally entered the country.
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