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Violence against environmental defenders
Saturday, 22 October 2016, 7:39 pm | UNHCHR
NEW YORK / GENEVA (21 October 2016) – Environmental human rights defenders are critical to our future but they face unprecedented risks, according to a new report* to the United Nations General Assembly by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation ... More >>
DRC: UN reports reveal clear use of excessive force
Saturday, 22 October 2016, 7:37 pm | UNHCHR
DRC: UN reports reveal clear use of excessive force, rife impunity for rights violations KINSHASA/GENEVA (21 October 2016) – Congolese police, armed forces and the Republican Guard used excessive – including lethal – force during demonstrations in Kinshasa ... More >>
OHCHR PRESS BRIEFING NOTES - (1) Ethiopia, (2) Guatemala
Friday, 7 October 2016, 11:10 pm | UNHCHR
There has been increasing unrest in several towns in the Oromia region, south east of Addis Ababa, since last Sunday when many people died after falling into ditches or into the Arsede lake while apparently fleeing security forces following a protest ... More >>
Suffering inflicted on Aleppo’s children brutal abdication
Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 1:05 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (3 October 2016) – The continuing onslaught by the Syrian Government and its allies which is killing and maiming children in areas of eastern Aleppo is a brutal abdication of the international human rights obligations they have committed ... More >>
Macedonia: Zeid calls for alternatives
Sunday, 25 September 2016, 12:02 am | UNHCHR
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: Zeid calls for alternatives to detention and expulsion of migrants More >>
Briefing on Yemen
Saturday, 24 September 2016, 11:53 pm | UNHCHR
We note with deep concern the sharp increase in civilian casualties since the suspension of peace talks, with 180 people killed and 268 injured in August. This represents a 40 per cent increase compared to the civilian casualties the previous month, with ... More >>
Australia urged to amend laws
Saturday, 24 September 2016, 11:35 pm | UNHCHR
Australia urged to amend laws that lead to people with mental disabilities being detained indefinitely More >>
North Dakota: Indigenous peoples must be consulted
Saturday, 24 September 2016, 11:28 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (23 September 2016) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, today called on the United States to halt the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline as it poses a significant risk ... More >>
UN Human Rights Chief to visit Colombia
Saturday, 24 September 2016, 11:01 pm | UNHCHR
UN Human Rights Chief to visit Colombia, and attend signing of Peace Accords, 24 – 29 September 2016 GENEVA/BOGOTA (23 September 2016) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein will begin a six-day official visit to Colombia ... More >>
Pillay condemns attacks on civilians by Yemen’s armed forces
Friday, 28 February 2014, 11:03 am | UNHCHR
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemned on Wednesday the indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks affecting civilians by Yemen’s armed forces in Al Dhale Governorate, south of Yemen, and called for unrestricted humanitarian access ... More >>
Ukraine: “Violence and death toll totally unacceptable”
Saturday, 22 February 2014, 12:30 pm | UNHCHR
Ukraine: “Violence and death toll totally unacceptable” – Key UN expert group urges restraint and real dialogue More >>
Rights experts urge Kenya to repeal discriminatory sections
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 10:24 am | UNHCHR
GENEVA (17 February 2014) – A group of United Nations human rights experts today urged Kenya to repeal sections of the Marriage and Property Act which effectively deny women the right to marital property upon divorce or death of their spouse, unless ... More >>
UN expert concern over indigenous people facing eviction
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 10:39 am | UNHCHR
Kenya / Embobut Forest: UN rights expert calls for the protection of indigenous people facing eviction More >>
Vulnerable must be focused on in Malaysia
Thursday, 19 December 2013, 9:55 am | UNHCHR
UN right to food expert: “As Malaysia rises to ‘high-income status’, it must focus on the most vulnerable” More >>
Cambodia urged to monitor treatment of people in detention
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 10:44 am | UNHCHR
UN torture prevention group urges Cambodia to set up independent body to monitor treatment of prisoners More >>
UN welcomes release of prisoners in Myanmar
Thursday, 12 December 2013, 8:57 am | UNHCHR
Myanmar: Latest releases a step towards freedom for all prisoners of conscience by year’s end – UN rights expert More >>
UN Special Procedures Experts appeal for Cooperation
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 1:14 pm | UNHCHR
Without cooperation from States, we cannot do our work for human rights – Key UN expert group More >>
UN human rights experts concerned about detainees
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 11:11 am | UNHCHR
UN rights experts on torture and counter-terrorism concerned about the fate of Guantánamo detainees GENEVA (10 December 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on torture, Juan E. Méndez, and on human rights and counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, ... More >>
UNHCHR makes last minute appeal to halt execution
Wednesday, 11 December 2013, 8:30 am | UNHCHR
Pillay urges Bangladesh president to order last-minute stay of execution for Abdul Quader Mollah More >>
Cambodia: UN torture prevention group makes follow-up visit
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 2:46 pm | UNHCHR
GENEVA (9 December 2013) – A delegation from the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is in Cambodia from 9 to 13 December to assess whether the situation of prisoners has improved since the SPT’s last visit in 2009 when ... More >>
