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Cyprus Found Guilty for Failing to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings

In an unprecedented judgment on trafficking in human beings, on 7 January 2010, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found the Republic of Cyprus guilty on multiple counts, in the case of Rantsev v. Cyprus and Russia for failing to protect Oxana Rantseva, a Russian national who fell to her death in March 2001 under mysterious circumstances.
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Regional Consultation on the Implementation of CEDAW in the MENA Region

Women's groups, academics, and activists from across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are coming together in Cyprus this week to examine the challenges women's rights advocates face in promoting women's equality and non-discrimination, and to consider how the United Nations Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and other human rights instruments can be utilized to support their work. ...
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