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UN disability rights expert's first visit to North Korea
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 9:13 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA / PYONGYANG (27 April 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Ms. Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, will conduct an official visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from 3 to 8 May ... More >>
UN expert urges halt to rising hostility on Korean Peninsula
Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 9:22 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (25 April 2017) – An urgent appeal to lower political and military tensions on the Korean Peninsula over continued missile tests by the authorities in Pyongyang is being made by a United Nations expert, who says the war of words is already having ... More >>
OHCHR Press Briefing Notes - South Sudan, Maldives
Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 9:17 pm | UNHCHR
We deplore the recent outbreaks of violence in several towns in various part of South Sudan, including Pajok in Eastern Equatoria and Wau in Western Bahr el-Ghazal, which have caused significant loss of civilian lives and displaced more than 22,000 people. ... More >>
UN human rights expert condemns “defamatory” Iran report
Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 12:30 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (24 April 2017) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Asma Jahangir, has denounced a report published by the Iranian News Agency (IRNA) alleging that she was planning to undertake ... More >>
Torture of detainees in Afghanistan persists
Tuesday, 25 April 2017, 12:29 pm | UNHCHR
Torture of detainees in Afghanistan persists – UN report GENEVA/KABUL (24 April 2017) Conflict-related detainees in Afghanistan continue to face torture and ill-treatment, a UN report released today has found. The report also says that the Afghan Government ... More >>
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Friday, 14 April 2017, 8:29 pm | UNHCHR
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities publishes findings on Moldova, Iran, Cyprus, Jordan, Armenia, Honduras, Canada, and Bosnia and Herzegovina More >>
End abuse and detention of gay men in Chechnya - UN
Friday, 14 April 2017, 8:27 pm | UNHCHR
End abuse and detention of gay men in Chechnya, UN human rights experts tell Russia More >>
Preserve separation of powers, Zeid urges Venezuela
Saturday, 1 April 2017, 9:02 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (31 March 2017) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has expressed grave concern at the ruling by the Venezuelan Supreme Court to take over the legislative powers of the National Assembly. “I strongly urge ... More >>
Hungary’s use of detention in the spotlight
Saturday, 1 April 2017, 9:01 pm | UNHCHR
Hungary’s use of detention in the spotlight as UN torture prevention body concludes visit More >>
Over 100 civilians killed in a month in Yemen Conflict
Saturday, 25 March 2017, 9:02 pm | UNHCHR
Over 100 civilians killed in a month, including fishermen, refugees, as Yemen conflict reaches two-year mark GENEVA (24 March 2017) – Two years and more than 13,000 civilian casualties later, the conflict in Yemen continues to rage, with an intensification ... More >>
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances
Saturday, 18 March 2017, 9:03 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (17 March 2017) – The UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances has published its findings on Cuba, Ecuador and Senegal, which it reviewed during its latest session, held from 6 to 17 March in Geneva. The findings cover how the respective State is ... More >>
Right to health in Indonesia: UN expert
Saturday, 18 March 2017, 9:01 pm | UNHCHR
JAKARTA / GENEVA (17 March 2017) – United Nations Special Rapporteur Dainius Pûras will visit Indonesia from 22 March to 3 April 2017 to assess the realisation of the right to health in the country. More >>
UN expert urges consistent policies for US
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 8:08 pm | UNHCHR
UN expert urges consistent policies for US on indigenous peoples’ rights for projects like Dakota Access Pipeline More >>
UN rights expert welcomes conviction of mastermind in murder
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 8:01 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (03 March 2017) – A United Nations human rights expert has welcomed the conviction in South Africa of a man who masterminded the murder and dismemberment of the body parts of a woman with albinism by a decision of 23 February 2017 of the ... More >>
Joint Declaration on ‘Fake News’
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 8:00 pm | UNHCHR
Geneva/Vienna (3 March 2017) – Leading monitors of freedom of expression around the world have come together to issue a Joint Declaration, focusing this year on so-called fake news, disinformation and propaganda. More >>
Cultural rights threatened by global avalanche of hate
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 7:57 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (3 March 2017) – The UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Karima Bennoune, told the Human Rights Council in Geneva: “We face a global avalanche of hate in the form of rising fundamentalism and extremism around the world. This ... More >>
UN rights experts denounce Israel’s growing constraints
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 7:56 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (3 March 2017) – Two United Nations Independent Experts are calling on the Israeli Government to fully respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of human rights defenders and organizations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. More >>
Sri Lanka: Slow progress on crucial justice
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 7:55 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (3 March 2017) –The slow pace of transitional justice in Sri Lanka and the lack of a comprehensive strategy to address accountability for past crimes risk derailing the momentum towards lasting peace, reconciliation and stability, according to a ... More >>
Australia: indigenous women left behind
Saturday, 4 March 2017, 7:50 pm | UNHCHR
Australia places violence against women high on the agenda but indigenous women left behind, says UN expert More >>
UN expert to assess violence and discrimination against LGBT
Sunday, 26 February 2017, 8:14 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA / BUENOS AIRES (24 February 2017) – United Nations human rights expert Vitit Muntarbhorn is to make the first visit of its kind to Argentina to assess progress made towards eliminating violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ... More >>
