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Early Action can Avert Sahel Food and Nutrition Crisis – UN
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 11:34 am | OHCHR
GENEVA – “Drought, poor harvests and rising food prices have left the Sahel region of West-Central Africa on the brink of a humanitarian crisis,” warned Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. More >>
Pillay Deeply Disturbed By US Failure To Close Guantanamo
Tuesday, 24 January 2012, 11:32 am | OHCHR
GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday expressed deep disappointment that the Government of the United States of America has failed to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, and has instead entrenched a system ... More >>
Myanmar: UN welcomes prisoner release, calls for progress
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 5:04 pm | OHCHR
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, on Monday welcomed the decision by President Thein Sein to grant another amnesty and release a significant number of prisoners of conscience. More >>
Violence against women, Italy
Wednesday, 18 January 2012, 10:17 am | OHCHR
GENEVA / ROME – United Nations Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo will visit Italy from 15 to 26 January 2012 to gather information on the issue of violence against women in the country. This will be the first visit to Italy by an independent expert ... More >>
Pillay welcomes lifting of emergency law in Fiji
Monday, 9 January 2012, 1:43 pm | OHCHR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday welcomed the lifting of the Public Emergency Regulations in Fiji as a step in the right direction towards the full enjoyment of fundamental human rights in the country. More >>
Pillay: Bahrain Government Must Release Political Prisoners
Thursday, 22 December 2011, 1:01 pm | OHCHR
GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Wednesday called on authorities in Bahrain to take immediate steps to address the “deepening mistrust” between the Government and civil society, including by promptly releasing those detained ... More >>
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 1:14 pm | OHCHR
We are very disturbed by reports in China's state-run media about a Beijing court's decision to replace human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s extensive period of probation with a full three-year prison sentence. Just a few days before the five-year probation ... More >>
Commission Of Inquiry Concludes First Part Of Investigations
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 12:59 pm | OHCHR
The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Libya visited Tripoli in Libya from 31 November to 16 December 2011 as part of its continuing investigations into serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed by all parties ... More >>
Canada / Attawapiskat First Nation
Wednesday, 21 December 2011, 12:07 pm | OHCHR
GENEVA (20 December 2011) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, issued the following statement in light of the serious situation of the Attawapiskat First Nation, a remote community in northern ... More >>
2011: Testing The Capacity For International Solidarity
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 12:37 pm | OHCHR
GENEVA (20 November 2011) – This year we witnessed staggering events in various parts of the world, the likes of which we have never seen before. Extreme weather patterns caused unprecedented devastation, from widespread floods in Central and ... More >>
Israel / OPT: UN Expert Calls For Freedom Of Expression
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:52 am | OHCHR
JERUSALEM / GENEVA (19 December 2011) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue urged* the authorities of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory to lift all restrictions to freedom of expression, stressing that “truly democratic ... More >>
Pillay Condemns Assaults By Egyptian Security Officers
Tuesday, 20 December 2011, 10:27 am | OHCHR
GENEVA -- The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday strongly condemned the brutal suppression of demonstrations by military and security forces in Tahrir Square, Cairo, which have reportedly left at least 11 people dead and over ... More >>
Matilda Bogner: Australia’s Human Rights Situation in 2011
Thursday, 15 December 2011, 1:19 pm | OHCHR
15 December 2011 As part of a series of articles to mark International Human Rights Day, 10 December 2011, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Regional Office for the Pacific highlights successes and challenges faced in the ... More >>
UN Urges Jersey To Curb "Vulture Funds"
Wednesday, 14 December 2011, 10:35 am | OHCHR
GENEVA (13 December 2011) – The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Cephas Lumina, today urged the Government of Jersey to enact legislation, similar to that adopted in the United Kingdom last year, to limit the ability of ... More >>
Pacific:UN report identifies successes in torture prevention
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 4:29 pm | OHCHR
Saturday 10 December was International Human Rights Day. Sixty three years ago the international community, through the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the founding document for all human rights. More >>
Syria: Pillay calls for urgent action to halt violence
Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 11:58 am | OHCHR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday expressed alarm about reports indicating a military build-up and possible imminent crackdown in the Syrian city of Homs, and called for urgent action at the international level to stop the ... More >>
Human Rights In The Pacific, 2011 Year In Review
Monday, 12 December 2011, 1:05 pm | OHCHR
Saturday 10 December was International Human Rights Day. Sixty three years ago the international community, through the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the founding document for all human rights. ... More >>
Malaysia: New Bill Threatens Right To Peaceful Assembly
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 11:45 am | OHCHR
GENEVA (7 December 2011) – A group of United Nations independent experts warned that a new Peaceful Assembly Bill in Malaysia may “arbitrarily and disproportionately restrict the right to assemble peacefully.” The restrictions range from a ban on ... More >>
Yemen: Pillay Condemns Renewed Escalation Of Violence
Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 1:01 pm | OHCHR
GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday deplored the killing of unarmed civilians by shooting and shelling in Yemen since last week, in a renewed escalation of violence despite pledges by the Government to the contrary. ... More >>
Human Rights and Development in the Wake of the Arab Spring
Wednesday, 30 November 2011, 4:16 pm | OHCHR
There are moments in history when each of us is called upon to declare where we stand. I believe this is one of those moments. Over the past year, in Tunis, Cairo, Madrid, New York and hundreds of other cities and towns across the globe, the voice of ordinary ... More >>
