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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2016), para. 04
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- Recalling its resolution 68/163 of 18 December 2013 on the safety of journalists and the issue of impunity, in which it proclaimed 2 November as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, as well as its resolution 69/185 of 18 December 2014 on the same issue,
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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The safety of journalists (2016), para. 39
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- 11. Calls upon States to ensure that measures to combat terrorism and preserve national security or public order are in compliance with their obligations under international law and do not arbitrarily or unduly hinder the work and safety of journalists, including through arbitrary arrest or detention, or the threat thereof;
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- Date modified
- Sep 22, 2021
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2019), para. 22
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- (i) The arrest of soldiers over the past year for allegedly torturing and threatening journalists and the arrest of soldiers accused of sexual exploitation and abuse, which sends a strong message from the Federal Government for accountability, and is hopeful that these actions foster further efforts to combat impunity;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Sep 22, 2021
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Ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2018), para. 27
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- 7. Denounces all acts of intimidation, threats and delegitimization directed at civil society actors and human rights defenders involved in documenting and countering violations of international law and impunity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and calls upon all States to ensure their protection;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2012), para. 13
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- 4. Strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms by the Syrian authorities and the Government- controlled militia Shabbiha, such as the use of heavy weapons and force against civilians, massacres, arbitrary executions, extrajudicial killings, the killing and persecution of protestors, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, interference with access to medical treatment, torture, sexual violence and ill-treatment, including against children, as well as any human rights abuses by armed opposition groups;
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- Activists
- Children
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists (2016), para. 44
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- 17. Invites States to share information on a voluntary basis on the status of investigations into attacks and violence against journalists, including in response to requests by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization through the mechanism operated by its International Programme for the Development of Communication;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2019), para. 10
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- Recalling that, amid expressions of popular discontent over restrictions on the enjoyment of civil, political, economic and social rights, civilian protests erupted in Dar’a in March 2011, and noting that the violent oppression of civilian pr otests by the Syrian authorities, which later escalated to the direct shelling of civilians, fuelled the escalation of armed violence and violent extremist groups, and terrorist groups, including so-called ISIL (also known as Da’esh), Nusrah Front (also known as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham), Al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist groups, and all other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with Al-Qaida or ISIL so designated by the Security Council, and other violent extremist groups,
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- Humanitarian
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- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine (2019), para. 19
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- Deeply concerned that, since 2014, torture has reportedly been used by the Russian authorities to extract false confessions for politically motivated prosecutions, including in the case of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film-maker, and expressing deep concern about the ongoing arbitrary detentions and arrests by the Russian Federation of Ukrainian citizens, including Volodymyr Balukh and Emir-Usein Kuku, and in particular those on hunger strike,
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2017), para. 07
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- Recalling that, amid expressions of popular discontent over restrictions on the enjoyment of civil, political, economic and social rights, civilian protests erupted in Dar’a in March 2011, and noting that the excessive and violent oppression of civilian protests by the Syrian authorities, which later escalated to the direct shelling of civilians, fuelled the escalation of armed violence and extremist groups, including so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL-Da’esh),
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- Humanitarian
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists (2018), para. 20
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- Expressing deep concern at the growing threat to the safety of journalists posed by non-State actors, including terrorist groups and criminal organizations,
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- Violence
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- Activists
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2014), para. 14
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- Bearing in mind that impunity for attacks against journalists constitutes one of the main challenges to strengthening the protection of journalists,
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate violence against women: engaging men and boys in preventing and responding to violence against all women and girls (2017), para. 29
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- 8. Continues to express particular concern at the systemic and structural discrimination and violence faced by women human rights defenders of all ages, and calls upon States to fulfil their obligations to prevent violations and abuses against all human rights defenders, including through practical steps to prevent threats, harassment and violence, and to combat impunity by ensuring that those responsible for violations or abuses, including all types of gender-based violence and threats, committed by State or non-State actors, are promptly brought to justice through impartial investigations;
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- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Activists
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2010), para. 050
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- 38. Stresses the need to ensure respect for the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of thought, conscience or belief as enshrined in the Afghan Constitution, in this regard calls for full implementation of the mass media law, while noting with concern the continuing intimidation and violence targeting Afghan journalists and challenges to the independence of the media, condemns cases of the abduction and even killing of journalists by terrorist as well as extremist and criminal groups, and urges that harassment and attacks on journalists be investigated by Afghan authorities and that those responsible be brought to justice;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2020), para. 24
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- Bearing in mind that impunity for attacks against journalists remains one of the greatest challenges to the safety of journalists and that ensuring accountability for crimes committed against journalists is a key element in preventing future attacks,
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Accelerating efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls: preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in the world of work (2019), para. 23
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- Strongly condemning all acts of violence against women and girls involved in political and public spheres, including women parliamentarians, political candidates, journalists and other media workers and human rights defenders,
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- Gender
- Violence
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- Activists
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (2013), para. 34
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- (i) To end the harassment, intimidation and persecution of political opponents, human rights defenders, labour leaders, students, academics, filmmakers, journalists, other media representatives, bloggers, clerics, artists and lawyers, including by releasing persons detained arbitrarily or on the basis of their political views;
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- Civil & Political Rights
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Belarus (2011), para. 12
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- (a) To end politically motivated persecution and harassment of opposition leaders, representatives of civil society, human rights defenders, lawyers, independent media, students and those defending them;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2018), para. 08
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- Recalling that, amid expressions of popular discontent over restrictions on the enjoyment of civil, political, economic and social rights, civilian protests erupted in Dar’a in March 2011, and noting that the violent oppression of civilian protests by the Syrian authorities, which later escalated to the direct shelling of c ivilians, fuelled the escalation of armed violence and violent extremist groups, and terrorist groups, including so-called ISIL (also known as Da’esh),
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- Humanitarian
- Violence
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The promotion and protection of human rights in the context of peaceful protests (2018), para. 38
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- 6. Urges States to pay particular attention to the safety and protection of women and women human rights defenders from acts of intimidation and harassment, as well as gender-based violence, including sexual assault, in the context of peaceful protests;
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- Gender
- Violence
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- Activists
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Assistance to Somalia in the field of human rights (2016), para. 23
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- 7. Strongly condemns the serious and systematic violations and abuses perpetrated against members of the civilian population, including women, children, journalists, parliamentarians and human rights defenders, by Al-Shabaab and its affiliates, and calls for the immediate cessation of these violations and abuses and for perpetrators to be held accountable;
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- Violence
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- Children
- Women
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- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic (2014), para. 21
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- 2. Also strongly condemns the continued widespread and systematic gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms and all violations of international humanitarian law by the Syrian authorities and the Government- affiliated shabbiha militias, including those involving the use of heavy weapons, aerial bombardments, cluster munitions, ballistic missiles and other force against civilians, attacks on schools, hospitals and places of worship, massacres, arbitrary executions, extrajudicial killings, the killing and persecution of protestors, human rights defenders and journalists, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, violations of women’s rights, unlawful interference with access to medical treatment, failure to respect and protect medical personnel, torture, systemic sexual and gender-based violence, including rape in detention, and ill-treatment, and further strongly condemns all human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law by armed extremists, as well as any human rights abuses or violations of international humanitarian law by armed anti-Government groups;
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- Gender
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- Violence
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- Activists
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (2019), para. 48
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- 21. Calls upon Israel to end all harassment, threats, intimidation and reprisals against human rights defenders and civil society actors who peacefully advocate for the rights of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including by cooperating with United Nations human rights bodies, and underscores the need to investigate all such acts, to ensure accountability and effective remedies, and to take steps to prevent any further such threats, attacks, reprisals or acts of intimidation;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
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- Violence
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- Activists
- Persons on the move
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The situation in Afghanistan (2009), para. 045
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- 34. Stresses the need to ensure respect for the right to freedom of expression and the right to freedom of thought, conscience or belief, while noting with concern recent attempts to limit freedom of expression and to intimidate journalists, and condemns cases of the abduction and even killing of journalists by terrorist as well as extremist and criminal groups;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine (2019), para. 22
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- Condemning the ongoing pressure exerted upon religious minority communities, including through frequent police raids, threats against and persecution of those belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, the Protestant Church, mosques and Muslim religious schools, Greek Catholics, Roman Catholics and Jehovah’s Witnesses, and condemning also the baseless prosecution of dozens of peaceful Muslims for allegedly belonging to Islamic organizations,
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- Social & Cultural Rights
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- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2018), para. 31
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- 3. Strongly condemns the prevailing impunity for attacks and violence against journalists, and expresses grave concern that the vast majority of these crimes go unpunished, which in turn contributes to the recurrence of these crimes;
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- Violence
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine (2020), para. 22
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- Deeply concerned that, since 2014, torture has reportedly been used by the Russian authorities to extract false confessions for politically motivated prosecutions, including in the case of Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film-maker, and expressing deep concern about the ongoing arbitrary detentions and arrests by the Russian Federation of Ukrainian citizens, including Emir-Usein Kuku and many others,
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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The safety of journalists and the issue of impunity (2018), para. 34
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- 6. Urges the immediate and unconditional release of journalists and media workers who have been arbitrarily arrested, arbitrarily detained or taken hostage or who have become victims of enforced disappearances;
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- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Violence
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Implementing the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and FundamentalFreedoms through providing a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders and ensuring their protection (2020), para. 37
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- 13. Also calls upon States to take appropriate measures for the prevention of all forms of violence, intimidation, threats and attacks against human rights defenders on the Internet and through digital technologies, and to protect human rights defenders, including women human rights defenders, in online spaces and to consider adopting laws, policies and practices that protect them from defamation and hate speech while also affirming the rights to freedom of expression and privacy;
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- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Activists
- Women
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Situation of human rights in Afghanistan (1999), para. 11
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- 5. Condemns also the killing of Iranian diplomats and the correspondent of the Islamic Republic News Agency by Taliban combatants, as well as the attacks on and the killing of United Nations personnel in Taliban-held territories of Afghanistan, and calls upon the Taliban to fulfil their stated commitment to cooperate in urgent investigations of these heinous crimes, with a view to bringing those responsible to justice;
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- Humanitarian
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- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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Emergency international assistance for peace, normalcy and reconstruction of war-stricken Afghanistan and the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for (2001), para. 80
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- 7. Strongly condemns the killing of seven Afghan employees of the United Nations-supported mine awareness programme by unidentified gunmen, as well as recent acts of violence and intimidation against United Nations personnel and offices;
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- Violence
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- Activists
- Date modified
- Mar 5, 2020
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