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  1. On #HumanRights75 occasion, I joined a co-organised event by #UNHR & #EESC.

    Defending human rights and promoting citizen participation in policy-making are linked & the #EESC is advancing in both.

    This commitment extends beyond 🇪🇺 EU borders, including candidate countries.

    🐦🔗: n.respublicae.eu/EESC_Presiden

  2. "We are concerned that India’s new Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 is fundamentally discriminatory in nature," U.N. Human Rights spokesman Jeremy Laurence told a Geneva news briefing.

    "We understand the new law will be reviewed by the Supreme Court of India and hope it will consider carefully the compatibility of the law with India's international human rights obligations," Laurence said.

    #humanrights #unitednations #UNHR #CitizenshipAmendmentBill #CitizenshipAct #CABBill #india