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2017.06.09 HRC35 Side Event: Freedom of Expression in Okinawa, Japan (12 pm, 16 June)
Together with All Okinawa Council for Human Rights, Amnesty Internationa...
2017.05.30 Japan: UN independent expert shows concerns on the limited space for public protest and dissent in Okinawa
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression,...
2017.05.18 UN: CERD addresses racial discrimination in Canada, Djibouti, Ecuador, Kuwait, New Zealand, Russia, Tajikistan and UAE (August 2017)
At its 93rd session from 31st July to 25th August 2017, the UN Committee...
2017.05.17 Opinion: Populism and Universal Human Rights
IMADR Director, Theo van Boven, shares his in-depth analysis on threats ...
2017.05.17 Opinion: Gaming the US System: Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration
IMADR Director, Michael O. Sharpe, raises an alarm over the recent U.S. ...
2017.05.15 UN: CERD adopted concluding observations of Armenia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Finland, Kenya and Moldova (May 2017)
On 12th May, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (...
2017.05.11 Sri Lanka: Issues of land and sea grabbing on minorities brought to UN
In June 2017, the Sri Lankan government's implementation of the Internat...
2017.04.27 UN: Civil society urges Human Rights Council to ensure gender parity
IMADR joined the GQUAL Campaign and other civil society organisation...
2017.04.12 Sri Lanka: Joint civil society letter on reprisals against human rights defenders
In response to the recent reprisals against two Sri Lankan human rights ...
2017.04.06 UPR28: Joint civil society submissions on human rights in Japan and Sri Lanka
For the 28th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), IMADR prepa...