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UN to gather first-hand information from Eritrean refugees
Friday, 26 April 2013, 4:39 pm | OHCHR
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, will carry out an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti from 30 April to 9 May 2013 to collect information directly from Eritrean refugees on the ... More >>
Bahrain govt cancels UN Special Rapporteur on torture visit
Friday, 26 April 2013, 4:37 pm | OHCHR
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Méndez, today expressed his deep disappointment with the decision taken by the Government of Bahrain to postpone his visit to the country, which was scheduled to take place from 8 to 15 May 2013. More >>
Navi Pillay at a press conference during mission to Angola
Friday, 26 April 2013, 4:25 pm | OHCHR
This is my first ever visit as High Commissioner for Human Rights to Angola, and it has, I believe, been a fruitful one. Having heard about the progress the country has made over the past ten years, I wished to see for myself how much has been achieved ... More >>
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Brazil
Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 11:12 am | OHCHR
On 21 April, a state tribunal in Sao Paulo, Brazil convicted by jury 23 military police officers to long prison sentences for their responsibility in the death of 13 inmates during the repression of a prison riot in Carandiru on 2 October 1992. More >>
UN Experts Urge World Bank to Adopt Human Rights Standards
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:17 am | OHCHR
A group of United Nations independent experts on extreme poverty, indigenous peoples, right to food and foreign debt called on the Word Bank to adopt human rights standards this weekend, during the review of its environmental and social policies—also known ... More >>
Greece: UN rights expert to assess impact of austerity
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 9:57 am | OHCHR
United Nations expert Cephas Lumina will visit Greece from 22 to 27 April 2013 to assess the impact of the austerity measures adopted in response to the country’s current economic crisis on the realization of human rights. More >>
UN expert to assess arbitrary executions in Mexico
Thursday, 18 April 2013, 9:52 am | OHCHR
United Nations Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns will conduct an official information-gathering visit to Mexico from 22 April to 2 May 2013, to assess challenges and opportunities for a better protection of the right to life. More >>
OHCHR on Central African Republic, Somalia and Tunisia
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 11:09 am | OHCHR
We are alarmed at continuing reports of widespread human rights violations in the Central African Republic and called for the urgent restoration of the rule of law in the country. More than 20 people are reported to have been killed in Bangui over ... More >>
UN expert to assess human rights situation in Eritrea
Friday, 12 April 2013, 9:56 am | OHCHR
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, today regretted that the Eritrean Government continues to deny her access to assess the situation of human rights in the country, and announced she will undertake ... More >>
Minority groups across Africa in need of attention
Friday, 12 April 2013, 9:52 am | OHCHR
The United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, today warned that hundreds of minority groups across Africa are in dire need of strengthened attention and protection, and called on all African States and the international community ... More >>
UN in Kyrgyzstan addressing sexual exploitation of children
Thursday, 11 April 2013, 10:32 am | OHCHR
United Nations Special Rapporteur Najat Maalla M’jid will undertake an information-gathering visit to Kyrgyzstan from 15 to 26 April 2013 to investigate the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. More >>
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on South Sudan
Wednesday, 10 April 2013, 10:59 am | OHCHR
A UN report, published last Friday, shows that at least 85 people were killed in an attack on a group of pastoralists that occurred near Walgak, in Jonglei State, on 8 February 2013, the majority of whom were women and children. More >>
“Unity in diversity” – International Roma Day, 8 April 2013
Tuesday, 9 April 2013, 5:04 pm | OHCHR
“It is a positive development that the fate of Europe’s largest and most marginalized minority group, the Roma, is more and more on the international human rights agenda,” said today the United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues, Rita Izsák, ... More >>
UN expert launches official visit to Burkina Faso
Sunday, 7 April 2013, 1:26 pm | OHCHR
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, will undertake an official visit to Burkina Faso from 8 to 12 April 2013. More >>
Hungary Is Entrenching The Criminalization Of Homelessness
Friday, 5 April 2013, 12:23 pm | OHCHR
GENEVA (3 April 2013) – Two United Nations Special Rapporteurs on extreme poverty and on adequate housing criticized today a recent amendment to the Hungarian Fundamental Law that authorizes national and municipal legislation to outlaw sleeping in public ... More >>
UN Rights Expert Hails Arms Trade Treaty
Friday, 5 April 2013, 12:11 pm | OHCHR
UN Rights Expert Hails Arms Trade Treaty And Urges States To Do More To Also Regulate Production More >>
Mozambique:UN expert on extreme poverty to assess challenges
Friday, 5 April 2013, 10:36 am | OHCHR
United Nations Special Rapporteur Magdalena Sepúlveda will undertake an official visit to Mozambique from 8 to 16 April 2013 to gather first-hand information on the human rights situation of people living in poverty. More >>
BANGLADESH: UN appeals to all sides to stop ongoing violence
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 10:08 am | OHCHR
A group of United Nations independent human rights experts today called on all parties in Bangladesh “to cease violence immediately and return to peaceful demonstrations,” after worrying levels of violence have been reported following large-scale protests ... More >>
Bangladesh: UN rights experts appeal to all sides
Sunday, 31 March 2013, 2:23 pm | OHCHR
A group of UN human rights experts today called on all parties in Bangladesh “to cease violence immediately and return to peaceful demonstrations,” after worrying levels of violence have been reported following large-scale protests across the country. More >>
Egypt: NGO Bill infringes international standards
Sunday, 31 March 2013, 1:47 pm | OHCHR
A group of UN independent human rights experts today urged the Egyptian Shura Council not to adopt a draft law on civil society organisations, which does not comply with international human rights norms and standards relating to freedom of association. More >>
