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UN Rights Chief Doubts Israel's Compliance with International Law
July 18, 2014
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay argues that there is "serious doubt" as to whether Israel's recent military operations in Gaza and responses to rocket strikes along its border have complied with international humanitarian law.
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Observers: U.S. Should Ignore UN Opinion on Refugees
July 18, 2014
Brett Schaefer, David Inserra, and Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation have called for the U.S. to dismiss the opinion of the UN High Commission on Refugees that the recent wave of Latin American children entering the U.S. is comprised of refugees who should be granted special legal privileges.
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UNOHCHR Criticizes Detroit Water Cut-offs
July 14, 2014
Responding to reports that the City of Detroit has shut off the flow of water to residences that have not paid their water bills, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ("UNOHCHR") has labeled such water cut-offs a potential human rights violation.
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UNOHCHR Criticizes Australian Return of Refugees
July 14, 2014
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ("UNOHCHR") has announced that it is "deeply disturbed" by Australia's return of a group from Sri Lanka seeking asylum to their home country, allegedly without adequately considering the case of each person for refugee status.
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UN Watch: Authoritarian Regimes Benefit from "Rights Proliferation"
July 14, 2014
UN Watch argues that when authoritarian governments support the recognition of nontraditional "rights," such as the right to peace and to "international solidarity," at the UN Human Rights Council, they are seeking to conceal their negative human rights records and dilute the meaning of traditional human rights.
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