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Shock over Egyptian executions, alarm at Congo events
Saturday, 6 January 2018, 11:02 am | UNHCHR
Shock over Egyptian executions, alarm at Congo events Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Subject: (1) Egypt (2) DRC (1) Egypt We are deeply shocked that 20 people are reported to have been ... More >>
Poland severely undermines independence of judiciary
Saturday, 23 December 2017, 11:28 am | UNHCHR
Poland reforms are part of plan that severely undermines independence of judiciary, says UN Special Rapporteur More >>
High Commissioner’s decision not to seek a second term
Saturday, 23 December 2017, 11:27 am | UNHCHR
I would just like to clarify the situation around the High Commissioner’s decision not to seek a second four-year mandate. More >>
Sri Lanka must urgently end arbitrary detention
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 12:44 pm | UNHCHR
COLOMBO / GENEVA (15 December 2017) – The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has identified significant challenges to the enjoyment of the right to personal liberty in Sri Lanka, resulting in arbitrary detention across the country. More >>
Life in North Korea is about fight for basic survival
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 12:43 pm | UNHCHR
UN rights expert says everyday life in North Korea is about fight for basic survival SEOUL / GENEVA (15 December 2017) – The lives of many North Koreans have been reduced to sheer economic survival, a United Nations human rights expert has said after meeting ... More >>
Iraq executions | Tuz Khurmatu clashes | El Salvador
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 12:42 pm | UNHCHR
We are deeply shocked and appalled at the mass execution on Thursday of 38 men at a prison in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, Iraq, which once again raises huge concerns about the use of the death penalty in the country. These 38 prisoners had ... More >>
Call for new thinking, speaking and acting on migration
Saturday, 16 December 2017, 12:38 pm | UNHCHR
Call for States to spearhead a new way of thinking, speaking and acting on migration – UN experts GENEVA (15 December 2017) – Migrants’ contribution to society needs to be fully recognized, and States should encourage discussions about them ... More >>
Human Rights Day, 10 December 2017
Saturday, 9 December 2017, 11:51 am | UNHCHR
GENEVA (8 December 2017) - On this day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its timing so close after the end of World War II was no coincidence. Rather, it reflected the conviction that ... More >>
Human rights central in discussions concerning migrations
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 1:40 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (1 December 2017) – UN experts* have urged States to ensure a human rights-centred approach when developing the global compact for migration, as Member States enter the stocktaking and then negotiation phase. Their full statement is as follows: More >>
Ukraine: safety risk as conflict escalates in East
Saturday, 11 November 2017, 8:08 pm | UNHCHR
Ukraine: UN experts warn of chemical disaster and water safety risk as conflict escalates in East More >>
Denial of care and food for civilians in Eastern Ghouta
Saturday, 11 November 2017, 8:06 pm | UNHCHR
Syria: Denial of care and food for civilians in Eastern Ghouta must stop - UN experts More >>
UN experts urge ASEAN summit to address human rights
Saturday, 11 November 2017, 8:04 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (10 November 2017) – Four UN human rights experts* have called on Member States to address pressing human rights issues during the 31st ASEAN Summit being held from 10-14 November in the Philippines. More >>
LGBT people suffering “crucible” of rights violations
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:14 pm | UNHCHR
NEW YORK (27 October 2017) – People around the world are suffering horrific violations of their human rights based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression and immediate action is needed to stop it, a UN rights ... More >>
Don’t lose sight of ordinary North Koreans
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:12 pm | UNHCHR
Don’t lose sight of ordinary North Koreans in security crisis - UN human rights expert More >>
“international regime of impunity” over migrant deaths
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:11 pm | UNHCHR
NEW YORK (27 October 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert has issued a strongly worded critique of the international community’s failure to protect the lives of migrants and refugees, and to investigate their deaths. More >>
Belarus human rights record “devastating”
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:06 pm | UNHCHR
NEW YORK (27 October 2017) – Belarus has a “devastating” record on human rights which has worsened over two decades as the president has consolidated his grip on absolute power, a UN human rights expert has told the General Assembly in New York. More >>
Eritrea: UN expert urges world not to turn its back
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:05 pm | UNHCHR
Eritrea: UN expert urges world not to turn its back on people fleeing unending human rights abuses More >>
Israel must face new international legal push
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:03 pm | UNHCHR
Israel must face new international legal push to end illegal occupation of Palestine, UN expert says More >>
UN experts call on Iran to stop intimidation of BBC staff
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:02 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (27 October 2017) – Civil and criminal proceedings by Iran against BBC Persian staff and contributors must be halted, two UN human rights specialists have said. More >>
Syria: Suffering of civilians in Eastern Ghouta “an outrage”
Saturday, 28 October 2017, 12:00 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (27 October 2017) – The situation of at least 350,000 besieged civilians in Eastern Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus, is an outrage, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Friday, as he called on the parties ... More >>
