A united front for security, a united front for human rights

Date of article: 14/11/2016

Daily News of: 14/11/2016

Country:  EUROPE

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Article language: en

14/11/2016
High-level EU representatives gather on 14 November in Vienna at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) to find ways of furthering a more effective security union that integrates a fundamental rights approach from the outset.
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El Diputado del Común celebra que el Ayuntamiento de Mogán adopte medidas para la protección del patrimonio histórico y cultural del municipio

Date of article: 11/11/2016

Daily News of: 14/11/2016

Country:  Spain - Canary Islands

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Article language: es

Santa Cruz de La Palma, 11 de Noviembre de 2016.- El   Diputado del Común ha mostrado su satisfacción porque el Ayuntamiento de Mogán ha tomado medidas para la protección del patrimonio histórico y cultural de este municipio grancanario, tal y como ha confirmado la teniente de alcalde, Grimanesa Pérez, en un informe remitido a este organismo, que había abierto una investigación de oficio ,...

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The Book “EOI – European Heart of Human Rights” presented at the Tyrolean Parliament by Nina Karpachova and Josef Siegele

Date of article: 09/11/2016

Daily News of: 11/11/2016

Country:  WORLD

Author: European Ombudsman Institute

Article language: en

Presentation of the Book under general editorship of the EOI Board member Dr.Nina Karpachova and EOI Secretary General Dr.Josef Siegele took place at the Rokoko Chamber of the Tyrolean Parliament and was participated by the EOI President Dieter Burgard and a number of European Ombudsmen.    Earlier, the Book was presented also in Vienna at the House of the European Commission and in Kyiv at the Diplomatic...
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“On the eve of adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Child”

Date of article: 04/11/2016

Daily News of: 11/11/2016

Country:  Azerbaijan

Author: Ombudsman of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Article language: en

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Republic of Azerbaijan attaches great attention to the protection of vulnerable groups of population in the society such as refugees, internally displaced persons, migrants, women, children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and national minorities as well as convicted and arrested persons, military servants and others. One of the main directions of activities...
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The UN Human Rights Committee’s recommendations for Poland

Date of article: 11/11/2016

Daily News of: 11/11/2016

Country:  Poland

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Article language: en

The Human Rights Committee adopted concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Poland. The Committee periodically monitors the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the states-signatories of the Covenant. The Committee is composed of 18 independent experts.

The Polish government submitted a report which was thoroughly discussed by the Committee on 17 and 18 October. Positions on the document were also presented by Polish NGOs working in the field of human rights and by the Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Committee’s document is another significant report relating to the issue of respect for democratic values in Poland (after the Venice Commission’s report on the Constitutional Tribunal, the recommendations of 7 October of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for Poland, and the report of the International Ombudsman Institute on the CHR’s situation in Poland).

Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of Poland

Grafika: dłoń z kciukiem do góry, do dołu i wyprostowana dłoń
 
 
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