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	UN Secretary-General highlights "crucial" work of civil society to advance human rights	11/10/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	RIGHTS DEFENDERS: UN to appoint official to coordinate response to reprisals The United Nations has taken a critical step towards ending the disturbing pattern of attacks, harassment and reprisals against human rights defenders and others who cooperate with the UN.	01/10/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	UN: NGOs urge experts to do more to encourage State cooperation During the annual meeting of Special Procedures, NGOs called on UN human rights experts to be more forceful in holding States to account for promoting and protecting human rights.	08/07/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	PARTICIPATION: Progress for NGOs in obtaining access to the UN The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations held its resumed session in New York from 20 to 29 May and on 7 June 2013.	20/06/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	NIGERIA: Draconian draft law would criminalise LGBT persons and rights defenders A draconian bill passed by the Nigerian House of Representatives would have wide-ranging impact on the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons and must not be signed into law, says the International Service for Human Rights.	10/06/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	EGYPT: NGO Coalition urges UN to address civil society restrictions A coalition of the world’s leading human rights NGOs – including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the International Service for Human Rights – is urging the UN Human Rights Council to take action to address worsening human rights violations and civil society restrictions in Egypt.	30/05/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	AFRICAN COMMISSION: Concrete steps needed to ensure accountability for human rights The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights must take concrete steps to achieve progress and ensure accountability for the realisation of human rights, says the International Service for Human Rights at the close of the Commission's 53rd session.	07/05/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Regional meetings held further to landmark UN resolution Since the adoption of the 2011 UN resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity, a series of regional workshops have taken place to identify challenges faced by LGBT persons, and to discuss what tools would be the most useful for an effective response.	02/05/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	AFRICAN COMMISSION: Chairperson condemns reprisals against rights defenders During the opening ceremony of the 53rd Ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the Chair, Madame Catherine Dupe Atoki, condemned any reprisals against human rights defenders engaging with the mechanism.	16/04/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	UN adopts landmark resolution on protection of human rights defenders The use and abuse of national law to impair, restrict and criminalise the work of human rights defenders is a contravention of international law and must end, according to a landmark resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council today.	21/03/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	SRI LANKA: Government targets human rights defenders ahead of UN resolution The Human Rights Council should unequivocally condemn the latest effort by the government of Sri Lanka to silence dissent and intimidate human rights defenders, the International Service for Human Rights said today.	12/03/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	DISCRIMINATION: UN Human Rights Council must act against discrimination and homophobia, says human rights group The UN Human Rights Council should take a strong stand against discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, the International Service for Human Rights has said.	01/03/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	TRANSPARENCY: States should reject procedure that results in exclusion of non-government organisations from UN	04/02/2013	International Service for Human Rights
	CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Challenges faced by women human rights defenders in Africa The Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa is seeking input for a report on the challenges faced by women defenders in Africa and their protection needs. And with International Women Human Rights Defenders’ Day just around the corner (29 November), now is an opportune time to provide your feedback.	26/11/2012	International Service for Human Rights
	EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTIONS: Gender identity included in GA resolution for first time References to sexual orientation and gender identity were included for the first time in a General Assembly resolution condemning extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions.	23/11/2012	International Service for Human Rights
	UN: Four of five regional groups run 'closed slates' in Human Rights Council elections On 12 November 2012, the General Assembly elected 18 members to the Human Rights Council (Council).	13/11/2012	International Service for Human Rights
	UPR: States repeat call for Sri Lanka to protect girls from violence The review of Sri Lanka during the second cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) took place on 1 November, and marked the first review since the end of the country’s civil war in 2009	08/11/2012	International Service for Human Rights
	HRC SESSION 21: NGOs make closing statement As the 21st session of the Human Rights Council closed, NGOs made a joint statement.	03/10/2012	International Service for Human Rights
	TREATY BODY REFORM: General Assembly extends intergovernmental process In the final hours of the 66th session of the General Assembly on 17 September 2012, Member States adopted a consensus resolution extending the intergovernmental process of the General Assembly on strengthening and enhancing the effective functioning of the human rights treaty body system (66/295).	02/10/2012	International Service for Human Rights
	HRC: Council fails to fully respond to gravity of country situations in Somalia and Sudan At its 21st session the Council held interactive dialogues with the Independent Experts on Somalia and on Sudan, and adopted resolutions on these country situations.	02/10/2012	International Service for Human Rights
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