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UN rights experts condemn Uganda’s ‘egregious’ anti-LGBT legislation
“The imposition of the death penalty based on such legislation is per se an arbitrary killing and a breach of article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),” the experts said, noting that Ugandan politicians had been made aware of this on previous occasions in recent years. The harsh anti-LGBT laws approved by a majority…
Read MoreNorthern Ireland: UK ‘immunity’ legislation could hamper victims’ rights, warns Türk
The High Commissioner for Human Rights acknowledged on Thursday that addressing the violent legacy of intercommunal relations in Northern Ireland from the 1960s to the 1990s was “hugely complex and sensitive”. ‘Conditional immunity’ But he warned against plans to give conditional immunity from investigation and prosecution to those accused of serious human rights violations and other international…
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