Worlds youth facing worsening jobs crisis, new UN report says
19 October 2011 –
The United Nations independent expert on the situation of human
rights in Iran today voiced concern over alleged violations in the country’s judicial system, citing practices such as torture, cruel or degrading
treatment of detainees, and the imposition of the death penalty without proper safeguards.
Presenting his
report to the General Assembly’s third committee, which deals with social, humanitarian and cultural affairs, Ahmed Shaheed, the Special Rapporteur on the situat ....
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