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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk Regrets Statute Of Limitations For War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity In Peru
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:38 am | OHCHR
Lack of accountability for these crimes, whenever committed, risks endangering the rights to truth, justice, reparations and guarantees of non-recurrence for thousands of victims of grave violations in Peru. More >>
Thailand: UN Human Rights Chief Says Deeply Troubled By Dissolution Of Move Forward Party
Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:16 am | OHCHR
The High Commissioner said UN human rights mechanisms have long expressed concern that this prohibition, set out in article 112 of the Criminal Code, is inconsistent with Thailand’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political ... More >>
Comment By UN High Commissioner For Human Rights Volker Türk On Risk Of Wider Conflict In Middle East
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:26 am | OHCHR
Volker Türk said "I am deeply worried about the rising risk of a wider conflict in the Middle East and plead with all parties, along with those States with influence, to act urgently to de-escalate what has become a very precarious situation." More >>
Kazakhstan: Reject Rights-violating Petition, Say UN Experts
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:34 am | OHCHR
The Government of Kazakhstan should reject a petition it is considering that calls for legislation that would violate freedoms of expression, peaceful assembly and association based on sexual orientation and gender identity, five United Nations ... More >>
UN Report: Palestinian Detainees Held Arbitrarily And Secretly, Subjected To Torture And Mistreatment
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:21 am | OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Office today published a report on arbitrary, prolonged and incommunicado detention by Israeli authorities, affecting thousands of Palestinians since last October. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Venezuela
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:08 am | OHCHR
Demonstrations have been taking place in at least 17 out of Venezuela’s 24 states, including the capital. Hundreds of people have been arrested, including children. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan On Rise In Extrajudicial Executions In South Sudan
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 4:01 am | OHCHR
Extrajudicial executions constitute a grave violation of the right to life and to due process, including a fair trial. They must stop immediately, and the Government should conduct prompt and impartial investigations, and hold perpetrators accountable. More >>
Experts Hail ICJ Declaration On Illegality Of Israel’s Presence In The Occupied Palestinian Territory As “historic”
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 4:08 am | OHCHR
Israel and other UN Member States must immediately comply with the authoritative determination by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, independent human rights experts said today. More >>
UN Committee Against Torture Publishes Findings On Côte D’Ivoire, Ecuador, The Republic Of Korea, And Türkiye
Saturday, 27 July 2024, 4:24 am | OHCHR
The Committee against Torture (CAT) today issued its findings on Ecuador, the Republic of Korea, Côte d’Ivoire and Türkiye, after reviewing the four State parties in its latest session. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Liz Throssell On Ghana Court Ruling
Saturday, 27 July 2024, 4:16 am | OHCHR
We deeply regret the decision by the Supreme Court of Ghana to uphold colonial-era provisions of the Criminal Offences Act that effectively criminalise consensual same-sex relations. More >>
Russia Must Free Human Rights Defender Alexey Sokolov Arrested For Posting Facebook Logo: UN Experts
Saturday, 27 July 2024, 4:01 am | OHCHR
Russia must immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender, Alexey Sokolov, and drop the criminal charges against him, UN experts said today. More >>
Pakistan: Experts Urge Immediate End To Discrimination And Violence Against Ahmadis
Friday, 26 July 2024, 4:34 am | OHCHR
A group of independent experts today expressed grave concern regarding a reported upsurge in discrimination and violence against Ahmadi Muslims in Pakistan, including extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and detentions, attacks on places of worship ... More >>
Bangladesh: UN Experts Call For Immediate End To Violent Crackdown And Full Accountability For Human Rights Violations
Friday, 26 July 2024, 4:18 am | OHCHR
UN experts today called on the Bangladesh government to immediately end the violent crackdown against protestors and political opponents, restore access to the Internet and ensure accountability for human rights violations. More >>
Bangladesh: Türk Decries Government Crackdown, Urges Respect For International Human Rights Standards
Friday, 26 July 2024, 4:12 am | OHCHR
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk today called on the Bangladesh Government urgently to disclose full details about last week’s crackdown on protests amid growing accounts of horrific violence, and to ensure all law enforcement operations abide by international ... More >>
UN Human Rights Committee Publishes Findings On Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Suriname, And Syria
Friday, 26 July 2024, 4:08 am | OHCHR
The UN Human Rights Committee today issued its findings on Croatia, Honduras, India, Maldives, Malta, Suriname, and the Syrian Arab Republic after examining the seven States parties in its latest session. More >>
USA: Free Speech On Campus Needs To Be Protected, Not Attacked, Say Experts
Friday, 26 July 2024, 3:59 am | OHCHR
Human rights experts today expressed grave concern at the massive crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protests at various university campuses across the United States of America. More >>
Comment By UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk On Killings In Papua New Guinea
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:19 am | OHCHR
I am horrified by the shocking eruption of deadly violence in Papua New Guinea, seemingly as the result of a dispute over land and lake ownership and user rights. More >>
Israeli Authorities Must Stop Targeting Palestinian Human Rights Defenders: Special Rapporteur
Thursday, 25 July 2024, 4:14 am | OHCHR
The Israeli authorities continue to target human rights defenders in the Occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, through prolonged administrative detention without charge, humiliation and ill treatment, an independent expert said today, calling ... More >>
Russia: Journalists Gershkovich And Kurmasheva’s Sham Trials And Imprisonment A Chilling Warning To All Journalists
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 4:14 am | OHCHR
Together with Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva, at least 33 journalists are currently detained in Russia in a dangerous trend of intensifying the crackdown on independent media and dissenting voices since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine ... More >>
Jeremy Laurence Joined By Ajith Sunghay, The Head Of UN Human Rights Office For The Occupied Palestinian Territory
Sunday, 21 July 2024, 4:29 pm | OHCHR
Over the past week, the people of Gaza have been subjected to a renewed wave of deadly Israeli air strikes and ordered to move yet again to supposed ‘safe places’ that are anything but safe. More >>
