UN OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [to 16 January 2016]

UN OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [to 16 January 2016]
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15 January 2016
Alarming new patterns of violations emerging in Burundi – Zeid
GENEVA– UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein warned Friday that deeply worrying new trends are emerging in Burundi, including cases of sexual violence by security forces and a sharp increase in enforced disappearances and torture cases. He also called for an urgent investigation into the events that took place in Bujumbura on 11-12 December, including the reported existence of at least nine mass graves.

“The 11 December attacks against three military camps and the large-scale human rights violations that occurred in their immediate aftermath appear to have triggered new and extremely disturbing patterns of violations,” the High Commissioner said…

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Nigeria: UN experts to assess rehabilitation and reintegration of women and children freed from Boko Haram
1/13/2016 Press Release
Sp. Rapporteur on the sale of children; Sp. Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery; Special Rapporteur on the right to health