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Call on Israel to reconsider charges against Palestinian
Saturday, 8 July 2017, 1:59 pm | UNHCHR
UN human rights experts call on Israel to reconsider the charges against Palestinian activist Issa Amro More >>
OHCHR Press Briefing Notes - Turkey China Cambodia
Saturday, 8 July 2017, 1:57 pm | UNHCHR
We have received reports that eight Turkish human rights defenders and two international experts were detained on the Büyükada Island near Istanbul on Wednesday 5 July while taking part in a training workshop. More >>
Sustainable development must put people not profits first
Saturday, 1 July 2017, 3:39 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA / PARIS (30 June 2017) - Governments and business leaders must put people – not profits – first as the world moves towards action on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, UN human rights experts have today told a major world conference ... More >>
UNHCR - Iraq Al Jazeera Venezuela Guatemala
Saturday, 1 July 2017, 3:38 pm | UNHCHR
We are extremely concerned at the situation of civilians in Mosul where fighting is becoming ever more intense and concentrated as Iraqi Security Forces, supported by the international coalition, push to retake the whole of the city from ISIL. We ... More >>
UN experts condemn Viet Nam’s jailing of prominent blogger
Saturday, 1 July 2017, 3:35 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (30 June 2017) – Viet Nam must end what appears to be a pattern of targeting environmental defenders, UN human rights experts* have urged after the jailing of a popular blogger. More >>
World community must solve Yemen water crisis
Saturday, 17 June 2017, 1:54 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (16 June 2017) – Yemen and the international community must act urgently to provide safe drinking water to halt a spiralling cholera outbreak, UN human rights experts have warned. More >>
Impact of unilateral sanctions imposed by the European Union
Saturday, 17 June 2017, 1:53 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (16 June 2017) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Idriss Jaizairy will carry out his first official visit to the European Union from 19 to 22 June, travelling to Brussels to gather first-hand information on the negative impact on human rights ... More >>
Bahrain must end worsening human rights clampdown
Saturday, 17 June 2017, 1:51 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (16 June 2017) - A group of United Nations human rights experts has urged the Government of Bahrain to halt its orchestrated crackdown on civil society. More >>
US student case reminder of prison conditions in Nth Korea
Saturday, 17 June 2017, 1:50 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (16 June 2017) – A United Nations Special Rapporteur has called for respect for the human rights of detainees in North Korea, after the release of US student Otto Warmbier earlier this week. More >>
UN expert urges public action to halt abuse of elderly
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 2:51 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (13 June 2017) – Many older people are at risk of being abused by their own relatives, a United Nations human rights expert has warned. Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, Independent Expert on the human rights of older people, is urging greater vigilance ... More >>
Thailand: lèse majesté
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 2:45 pm | UNHCHR
We are very concerned by the rise in the number of lèse majesté prosecutions in Thailand since 2014 and the severity of the sentencing, including a 35-year jail term handed down last Friday against one individual. A Thai military court found ... More >>
UN expert backs moves to restart Korea family reunions
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 2:44 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (13 June 2017) – A United Nation human rights expert on North Korea has backed proposals to resume family reunions for people separated since the 1950-1953 war, stressing that time is running out for many elderly relatives. More >>
Conflict in Ukraine enters its fourth year
Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 2:43 pm | UNHCHR
KYIV/GENEVA (13 June 2017) – Parties to the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine have repeatedly failed to implement ceasefire agreements, allowing hostilities to escalate and claim more lives as the conflict moved into its fourth year, a UN report published ... More >>
DRC: Zeid calls for international investigation
Saturday, 10 June 2017, 12:06 pm | UNHCHR
DRC: Zeid calls for international investigation into massive human rights violations in Kasais GENEVA (9 June 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish an international ... More >>
CAR: UN Independent Expert launches mission
Wednesday, 7 June 2017, 9:49 am | UNHCHR
CAR: UN Independent Expert launches mission to assess critical human rights situation in the country More >>
Zeid calls for investigation of protestor deaths in Bahrain
Saturday, 3 June 2017, 3:58 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (2 June 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday called on the Government of Bahrain to promptly launch an independent, effective investigation into the deaths of five protestors during a security operation ... More >>
UN rights expert urges support for Somalia
Saturday, 27 May 2017, 2:03 pm | UNHCHR
MOGADISHU / GENEVA (26 May 2017) – The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Bahame Tom Mukirya Nyanduga, has called on the international community to support the country through its current humanitarian ... More >>
OHCHR - (1) Syria, (2) Indonesia / LGBT, (3) Gaza
Saturday, 27 May 2017, 2:02 pm | UNHCHR
(1) Syria Civilians in Syria are increasingly paying the price as counter-ISIL airstrikes escalate while ISIL cracks down on those in and around areas remaining under its control, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Friday. More >>
Airstrikes, ISIL causing civilian casualties in Syria — Zeid
Saturday, 27 May 2017, 2:00 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (26 May 2017) – Civilians in Syria are increasingly paying the price as counter-ISIL airstrikes escalate while ISIL cracks down on those in and around areas remaining under its control, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad ... More >>
OHCHR PRESS BRIEFING NOTES - South Sudan, Venezuela
Saturday, 20 May 2017, 12:43 pm | UNHCHR
Today we are releasing a report produced jointly with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS). It contains the findings of an in-depth investigation into human rights violations and abuses committed in and around the town of Yei, some 150 kilometres ... More >>
