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UAE: Unfair Mass Trial of 94 Dissidents

UAE: Unfair Mass Trial of 94 Dissidents

Investigate Allegations of Torture, Grant Public Access to Sessions (Beirut) : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities have compounded serious pre-trial violations of fair trial rights by arbitrarily denying family… Read more »

Italian marines return to India to face trial

Italian marines return to India to face trial

Two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen have returned to Delhi for trial, Indian officials have said, as diplomatic tensions ease. The pair landed in an Italian military… Read more »

UN told of UAE’s progress on enhancing human rights

UN told of UAE’s progress on enhancing human rights

Jan 29, 2013 Geneva: The UAE has taken giant strides toward improving human rights in the past four years and the Government will continue to be transparent in its efforts,… Read more »

Mohammed tells legal fraternity to respect human dignity

Mohammed tells legal fraternity to respect human dignity

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has urged judges and prosecutors to administer justice with integrity and… Read more »

Need for establishing a viable Indo-Gulf Reparation Mechanism

Need for establishing a viable Indo-Gulf Reparation Mechanism

(05 Jan, 2013 Kochi – Official press release, Overseas Indians’ Legal Cell) The mandate of UN General Assembly adoption of resolution reads as follows:- “States shall, with respect to claims… Read more »

UN human rights chief calls for profound change in India in wake of gang-rape tragedy

UN human rights chief calls for profound change in India in wake of gang-rape tragedy

31 December 2012 – Expressing deep sadness at the death of a 23-year-old woman whose gang-rape in India has sparked nationwide protests there, the top United Nations human rights official… Read more »

UAE wins seat on U.N. Human Rights Council – ‘Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise’

UAE wins seat on U.N. Human Rights Council – ‘Where ignorance is bliss, ’tis folly to be wise’

On 12 November, 2012 the General Assembly elected the UAE to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council for a period of three years beginning on 1 January 2013…. Read more »

UAE statement before the General Debate of the 67th session of the United Nations

UAE statement before the General Debate of the 67th session of the United Nations

[Following is the full Statement by H.H Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates before the General Debate of the 67th session... Read more »

UN Calls on Libya to Move Forward with Transitional Justice Processes

UN Calls on Libya to Move Forward with Transitional Justice Processes

Tripoli– “A transitional justice strategy can contribute to defining how Libyan society will go forward, and lay the foundations for a new democratic society” the United Nations Support Mission in… Read more »