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US must reverse outrageous dismantling of National Monument
Wednesday, 31 January 2018, 11:59 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (30 January 2018) – A US presidential order slashing the area of land in the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah and paving the way for the extraction of natural resources is outrageous and should be reversed, a UN human rights expert ... More >>
Davos - address global risks rooted in human rights abuse
Wednesday, 24 January 2018, 9:56 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (23 January 2018) – As global leaders converge in Davos for the World Economic Forum, a group of United Nations experts called attention to the critical importance of human rights to the Forum’s objective of “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured ... More >>
UN experts urge Turkey not to extend state of emergency
Thursday, 18 January 2018, 10:33 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (17 January 2018) - United Nations human rights experts* urged the Turkish Government not to extend the exceptional legal measures it has taken under its declared state of emergency, due to expire on 19 January. Since the attempted coup in July ... More >>
UN Rapporteur on Myanmar to visit Bangladesh and Thailand
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 9:54 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (16 January 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, will visit the country’s neighbours Bangladesh and Thailand from January 18, vowing to fulfill her mandate despite the Government’s refusal ... More >>
UN experts welcome enforced disappearance law in Mexico
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 9:36 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (16 January 2018) – The entry into force today of a law on enforced disappearances in Mexico could turn the page on a dark chapter of the country on this issue, and start a process of uncovering the truth, justice and reparations for thousands of ... More >>
Experts call on Iran to halt execution of juvenile offenders
Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 9:34 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (16 January 2018) – UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the execution of Abolfazl Chezani Sharahi, who was 15 when he was sentenced to death. He is due to be executed on Wednesday, less than two weeks after the execution of ... More >>
Indigenous rights and Kenya climate change project
Tuesday, 16 January 2018, 10:43 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (15 January 2018) – Three independent experts* appointed by the UN have expressed concerns about recent reports that indigenous Sengwer peoples in western Kenya have been attacked and forcibly evicted from their homes as a result of the ... More >>
Syria: upsurge in civilian casualties
Thursday, 11 January 2018, 11:01 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (10 January 2018) – UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday condemned the upsurge in civilian casualties in Eastern Ghouta in Syria amid the recent escalation in airstrikes and ground-based attacks by Government forces and ... More >>
UN hr chief urges Iran defuse tensions, investigate deaths
Thursday, 4 January 2018, 10:47 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (3 January 2018) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Wednesday urged the Iranian authorities “to handle the wave of protests that have taken place around the country with great care so as not to further inflame ... More >>
UN experts decry Saudi Arabia’s persecution of activists
Wednesday, 3 January 2018, 11:36 am | UN Human Rights Office
UN experts decry Saudi Arabia’s persistent use of anti-terror laws to persecute peaceful activists More >>
Venezuela: UN independent expert welcomes government action
Friday, 29 December 2017, 8:16 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (28 December 2017) - One of the UN’s independent experts on human rights has praised the Government of Venezuela for introducing a series of measures in line with recommendations he made after a recent mission to the country. Alfred de Zayas, ... More >>
UN human rights experts appalled by Fujimori pardon
Friday, 29 December 2017, 7:47 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (28 December 2017) – The pardon granted to the former President of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, is an appalling “slap in the face” to victims of human rights abuses, a group of United Nations human rights experts* have said. “The presidential ... More >>
Philippines warned over impact of military operations
Thursday, 28 December 2017, 11:41 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (27 December 2017) – The ongoing militarization of Mindanao in the Philippines is having a massive and potentially irreversible impact on the human rights of some of the island’s indigenous Lumad communities, UN experts* have warned. More >>
India urged to act after murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh
Thursday, 14 September 2017, 9:39 am | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (13 September 2017) – Three UN Special Rapporteurs have urged the Government of India to act decisively after the killing of Indian journalist and human rights defender Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead on 5 September outside her home in Bangalore. More >>
Australian Government must re-build trust of civil society
Wednesday, 19 October 2016, 12:57 pm | UN Human Rights Office
CANBERRA / GENEVA (18 October 2016) – United Nations independent expert Michel Forst today called on the Government of Australia to urgently dispel civil society’s growing concerns about the ‘chilling effect’ of its recent laws, policies and ... More >>
UN rights expert calls on Myanmar to address backtracking
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 4:00 pm | UN Human Rights Office
GENEVA (18 March 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, called on the country’s authorities to rapidly address ongoing challenges to the democratic reform process “before they undermine ... More >>
Indigenous Peoples Can't be ‘Deleted’ from Development Goals
Tuesday, 22 July 2014, 12:49 pm | UN Human Rights Office
21 July 2014 GENEVA / NEW YORK– The new United Nations sustainable development goals must not be a step backwards for indigenous peoples, a group of UN experts* on indigenous peoples has warned today. Their call comes after a meeting held by ... More >>
Cambodia: UN expert hails agreements for electoral reform
Friday, 7 March 2014, 11:39 am | UN Human Rights Office
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Surya P. Subedi, greets the five-point agreement reached by the two main political parties currently represented in Parliament to launch concrete electoral reforms. More >>
Privatization of Burundian Coffee Must Not Repeat Errors
Friday, 19 April 2013, 2:37 pm | UN Human Rights Office
Two United Nations experts on the right to food and foreign debt today raised the alarm over the World Bank-led privatization of the Burundian coffee sector, and called for suspension of the policy pending a full human rights-based impact assessment. More >>
States and Businesses Should Reduce Impact on Human Rights
Sunday, 4 November 2012, 10:13 am | UN Human Rights Office
A UN body charged with the promotion of respect for human rights by business of all sizes, today called on States and businesses to address the heightened risk to groups and communities whose human rights are affected by business activities More >>
