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Sudan Faces Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe As Famine And Conflict Escalate: UN Experts
Friday, 18 April 2025, 11:04 am | OHCHR
Conflict-related famine, mass displacement and extreme violence and killings continue to devastate millions of people. 24.6 million people – about half the population – are experiencing acute food insecurity, with 638,000 facing catastrophic hunger, ... More >>
UN CEDAW Committee Concludes First Technical Cooperation Session In The Pacific
Friday, 18 April 2025, 10:56 am | OHCHR
It also convened thematic discussions that brought together civil society, youth, government representatives & community leaders, providing an important platform for Pacific countries to reflect on progress, challenges, & priorities in eliminating ... More >>
Israeli Operations In Lebanon Continue To Kill Civilians
Friday, 18 April 2025, 9:43 am | OHCHR
According to our initial review, at least 71 civilians have been killed by Israeli forces in Lebanon, since the ceasefire came into effect on 27 November last year. Among the victims are 14 women and 9 children. People remain gripped by fear, and ... More >>
UN Expert Condemns Attack On Al-Ahli Hospital In Gaza
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:54 am | OHCHR
“I am horrified to learn that the war on hospitals, health care providers and civilians continues, making the provision of health services even more impossible in a system that has already been brought to its knees,” Mofokeng said. More >>
Maldives: UN Expert Concerned By Suspensions And Proceedings Against Three Supreme Court Judges
Friday, 18 April 2025, 7:21 am | OHCHR
“I am concerned about a series of actions which, separately and in combination, appear to be aimed at undermining the Supreme Court’s judicial review of this amendment,” said Margaret Satterthwaite, the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For Emergency Security Council Action To Address Ceasefire Violations After Myanmar Earthquake
Friday, 11 April 2025, 8:30 am | OHCHR
“After refusing to curtail its attacks to allow earthquake relief to reach those in need, the junta finally announced last week that it would suspend military operations,” said Tom Andrews, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar. More >>
Sudan: UN Human Rights Chief Appalled By Widespread Extrajudicial Killings In Khartoum
Friday, 4 April 2025, 10:48 am | OHCHR
“Extrajudicial killings are serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Individual perpetrators, as well as those with command responsibility, must be held accountable for such unacceptable actions under international criminal ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On The Israeli Airstrikes On Gaza
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 3:20 pm | OHCHR
"This nightmare must end immediately. The hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally. All those arbitrarily detained must be released immediately and unconditionally. The war must end permanently." More >>
Israel Ramps Up Settlement And Annexation In West Bank With Dire Human Rights - UN Report
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 3:16 pm | OHCHR
“Israel’s settlement policy, its acts of annexation, and related discriminatory legislation and measures are in breach of international law, as the International Court of Justice has confirmed, and violate Palestinians’ right to self-determination,” ... More >>
‘Tragedy Foretold & Stain On Our Collective Humanity’: Special Rapporteur Warns Of Mass Ethnic Cleansing In West Bank
Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 3:07 pm | OHCHR
While ethnic cleansing is not a standalone crime, it involves actions that constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and even genocide, said Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory ... More >>
A Third Of Myanmar’s Population Faces Food Insecurity: UN Human Rights Experts
Friday, 14 March 2025, 10:23 am | OHCHR
“As the junta continue to lose territory to armed resistance groups, it has retaliated by blockading aid, and restricting humanitarian access, limiting trade routes, and targeting humanitarian workers, further compounding an already dire food crisis." More >>
Press Statement By William O'Neill, UN Expert On The Human Rights Situation In Haiti
Thursday, 13 March 2025, 7:20 pm | OHCHR
"The international community, for its part, must act without delay to implement the commitments it has made, particularly with regard to the sanctions regime, the arms embargo, and the substantial reinforcement of multinational security support, in ... More >>
Experts Alarmed By Deterioration Of Fundamental Freedoms And Civic Space In Slovak Republic
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 5:42 pm | OHCHR
They warned that the labelling of NGOs receiving international funding as “foreign agents” and constant Government rhetoric against civil society organisations has sparked fears that political dissent and democratic freedoms could be severely restricted. More >>
USA: Businesses Must Stand Firm On Diversity, Equity And Inclusion, Say Experts
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 5:31 pm | OHCHR
“We are deeply concerned by this unprecedented attack on DEI programmes, which the Executive Order defines as “dangerous, demeaning, and immoral race and sex-based preferences.” This puts LGBTI+ persons at higher human rights risk,” they warned. More >>
UN Experts Urge Singapore To Halt Execution Of Malaysian National On Drug Charges
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 9:29 am | OHCHR
“We reiterate that under international law, only crimes of extreme gravity involving intentional killing meet the threshold for the death penalty,” the experts said. “Mandatory death sentences are inherently over-inclusive and inevitably violate ... More >>
Experts Alarmed At Reported Political Harassment And Persecution Against Ecuador’s Vice President
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 9:09 am | OHCHR
“Vice-President Abad’s case appears to be an alarming precedent that jeopardises the democratic character of elections in Ecuador, undermines women’s participation in public life and violates fundamental principles of equality and non-discrimination,” ... More >>
Paraguay Responsible For Grave Rights Violations Over Deaths Of Two Young Girls, UN Committee Finds
Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:45 am | OHCHR
The Committee received a complaint about the unlawful killings and allegations that Paraguay took various measures to cover up the incident. More >>
Ecuador And Nicaragua: Forced Pregnancy And Motherhood Violated Rights Of Girl Victims Of Rape
Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 8:59 am | OHCHR
“Forcing girls who were victims of rape to endure unwanted pregnancies is more than a denial of choice; it is a violation of life with dignity, an act amounting to torture, and a failure to protect some of the most vulnerable,” said Committee ... More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Seif Magango On Tensions In Mozambique
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 11:02 am | OHCHR
"With further demonstrations announced ahead of the presidential inauguration on 15 January, it is critical that freedom of peaceful assembly is upheld and facilitated, and that the security forces refrain from further unnecessary or disproportionate ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Abolition Of Death Penalty In Zimbabwe
Friday, 3 January 2025, 8:59 am | OHCHR
"All States that still maintain the death penalty should follow Zimbabwe’s example and abolish it, or pending its abolition, impose a moratorium on its use." More >>
