Uncategorized Archives - Â鶹APP and the Rule of Law /ruleoflaw/blog/category/uncategorized/ Â鶹APP and the Rule of Law Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:19:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 DSG message at the Sixth Committee – 2023 /ruleoflaw/blog/2023/10/dsg-message-at-the-sixth-committee-2023/ /ruleoflaw/blog/2023/10/dsg-message-at-the-sixth-committee-2023/#respond Tue, 17 Oct 2023 20:42:11 +0000 /ruleoflaw/?p=19485 Introduction of the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening and coordinating Â鶹APP rule of law activities (A/78/184) before the Sixth Committee Distinguished Chair, Distinguished Delegates, Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking you, Mr. Chair, along with the Bureau, for your exemplary leadership in steering the Sixth Committee at this 78th session of [...]

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]]> /ruleoflaw/blog/2023/10/dsg-message-at-the-sixth-committee-2023/feed/ 0 UN Common Position on Incarceration /ruleoflaw/blog/2021/12/un-common-position-on-incarceration/ /ruleoflaw/blog/2021/12/un-common-position-on-incarceration/#respond Fri, 03 Dec 2021 15:15:33 +0000 /ruleoflaw/?p=18432 Please click here to access the UN Common Position on Incarceration

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]]> /ruleoflaw/blog/2021/12/un-common-position-on-incarceration/feed/ 0 ASG Volker Turk presentation on the Rule of Law at the Sixth Committee- General Assembly, 74th session /ruleoflaw/blog/2019/11/asg-volker-turk-presentation-on-the-rule-of-law-at-the-sixth-committee-general-assembly-74th-session/ Fri, 01 Nov 2019 19:31:30 +0000 /ruleoflaw/?p=16943 ASG Volker Turk - Rule of Law at the Sixth Committee, 9th meeting - General Assembly, 74th session - 11 Oct 2019 - 

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]]> Open-ended intergovernmental expert group meeting on the standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners, to be held at the end of 2013 /ruleoflaw/blog/2015/03/open-ended-intergovernmental-expert-group-meeting-on-the-standard-minimum-rules-for-the-treatment-of-prisoners-to-be-held-at-the-end-of-2013/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:39:06 +0000 http://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/?p=43 This meeting will build up on the work of two meetings held in 2012, for which information is available here.

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]]> 5th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the Â鶹APP Convention against Corruption (Panama, 25-29 November 2013) /ruleoflaw/blog/2015/03/5th-session-of-the-conference-of-the-states-parties-to-the-united-nations-convention-against-corruption-panama-25-29-november-2013/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:38:06 +0000 http://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/?p=41 Resolutions and decisions, Panel discussions and Special Events

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]]> Secretary-General approves short list of 48 new UNDEF projects /ruleoflaw/blog/2015/03/secretary-general-approves-short-list-of-48-new-undef-projects/ Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:36:50 +0000 http://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/?p=39 The UN Secretary-General has approved a short list of 48 project proposals for UNDEF’s Seventh Round of Funding, following recommendations by the Â鶹APP Democracy Fund Advisory Board. Some half of the short-listed projects are in the rule of law, reflecting this as a priority area both for UNDEF and for the UN as a [...]

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]]> Ban voices shock, condemnation at Russian politician’s ‘brutal killing’ /ruleoflaw/blog/2015/02/ban-voices-shock-condemnation-at-russian-politicians-brutal-killing/ Sat, 28 Feb 2015 19:13:09 +0000 http://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/?p=27 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed shock and condemnation at the brutal killing of Russian politician Boris Nemtsov, the Â鶹APP spokesperson's office confirmed today. According to media reports, Mr. Nemtsov was gunned down on 27 February in central Moscow by unknown assailants. In a statement issued earlier this afternoon, the UN spokesperson explained that the [...]

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]]> UN officials welcome release by Somali pirates of longest-held hostages /ruleoflaw/blog/2015/02/un-officials-welcome-release-by-somali-pirates-of-longest-held-hostages/ Sat, 28 Feb 2015 01:15:26 +0000 http://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/?p=30 Senior Â鶹APP officials have welcomed the release this week of four Thai nationals after nearly five years in captivity, bringing an end to the longest held hostage ordeal in the east African nation thanks to a mission carried by the UN anti-crime agency. The mission to recover the hostages was conducted by the UN [...]

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]]> UN rights office ‘disappointed’ to see Malaysian opposition leader prison sentence upheld /ruleoflaw/blog/2015/02/un-rights-office-disappointed-to-see-malaysian-opposition-leader-prison-sentence-upheld/ Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:16:55 +0000 http://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/?p=33 The Office of the Â鶹APP High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said today that it is disappointed that Malaysia’s Federal Court ruled to uphold the imprisonment of opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. The Federal Court agreed with a decision made by the Appeals Court in March 2014, which sentenced Mr. Ibrahim to five years in [...]

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]]> Presentation of the Secretary-General’s Guidance Note on Reparations for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence /ruleoflaw/blog/2014/09/presentation-of-the-secretary-generals-guidance-note-on-reparations-for-conflict-related-sexual-violence/ Wed, 17 Sep 2014 02:22:18 +0000 http://www.un.org/ruleoflaw/?p=262 In June 2014, the Secretary-General issued a Guidance Note on Reparations for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence. It sets out the relevant international legal framework that applies to this crime and develops the principles and operational guidelines that should direct Â鶹APP support to Member States in this area. The drafting of this document was led by [...]

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