The United Nations Human Rights Council has appointed professor Dainius Pūras, Lithuanian psychiatrist, human rights defender and former HRMI Chair of the Board, as the new UN Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. For the very first time, a representative from Lithuania will occupy this high-ranking United Nations position. ... Special Rapporteurs are independent human rights experts who have been granted their mandate by the United Nations, being critically important to ensuring human rights in the modern world. They are responsible for launching investigations into specific human rights violations within the territory of a particular state. ...
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:33:02 +0000
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