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“Silence Is Not An Option”: UN Special Procedures’ Coordination Committee Condemns US Sanctions On Francesca Albanese
Friday, 11 July 2025, 7:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Despite such attempts to intimidate UN Special Procedures mandate holders, we will continue to act independently and with integrity to discharge our mandates given by the Human Rights Council to uphold international human rights standards,” the ... More >>
Russia Must Release Ill Lawyer Maria Bontsler, Detained In Retaliation For Human Rights Work: UN Special Rapporteur
Thursday, 10 July 2025, 8:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Bontsler was arrested on 29 May 2025 – two days before the Day of Russian Advocates on 31 May – and placed in pre-trial detention by the Leningradsky District Court of Kaliningrad. More >>
UN Experts Alarmed By Resumption Of US Deportations To Third Countries, Warn Authorities To Assess Risks Of Torture
Wednesday, 9 July 2025, 7:17 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Trump administration’s deportation policy allows irregular migrants to be transferred to countries other than their own. More >>
UN Experts Urge Iran To Choose Protection Over Repression After Ceasefire
Saturday, 5 July 2025, 6:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts expressed alarm at official statements announcing expedited trials on accusations of espionage, putting individuals at heightened risk of summary execution or punishment without adequate due process. More >>
Forever-Occupation, Genocide, And Profit: Report Exposes Corporate Forces Behind Destruction Of Palestine
Friday, 4 July 2025, 9:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“These actors have entrenched and expanded Israel’s settler-colonial logic of displacement and replacement – and this is not accidental,” the Special Rapporteur said. “It is the function of an economy built to dominate, dispossess, and erase ... More >>
UN Experts Urge United Kingdom Not To Misuse Terrorism Laws Against Protest Group Palestine Action
Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 7:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Palestine Action positions itself as a national activist network that promotes civil disobedience and takes direct action against companies and institutions deemed by the group as being used by Israel to violently enforce apartheid, occupation, colonisation ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn United States Attack On Iran And Demand Permanent End To Hostilities
Saturday, 28 June 2025, 9:48 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The attacks also seriously threatened human rights, including the rights to life, security of the person, health, a clean environment and self-determination of the people of Iran,” they said. More >>
India Must Halt Arbitrary Demolitions Targeting Minorities And Marginalised Communities: UN Experts
Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 5:06 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Despite the Indian Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind vs. Union of India and Others, which explicitly established procedural safeguards against arbitrary demolitions, these practices persist. More >>
UN Experts Condemn Israeli Attack On Iran And Urge End To Hostilities
Sunday, 22 June 2025, 4:28 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Israel’s attack and Iran’s response – with successive waves of attacks against each other's territory – have resulted in many civilian casualties, confirming our grave concerns about this destructive cycle of violence,” the experts said. More >>
Political Interference In US Education Undermines Academic Freedom And Equitable Access To Education: UN Expert
Friday, 20 June 2025, 9:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The expert warned against the authoritarian encroachment on universities, where state power is increasingly used to penalise dissent, shape curricula and restrict open inquiry. More >>
Repeal Of UK Vagrancy Act Marks Major Step Toward Ending Criminalisation Of Homelessness And Poverty: UN Experts
Thursday, 19 June 2025, 3:21 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Nobody should be penalised for not having access to a home. Punishing a person for having no home or shelter is also cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, prohibited under Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,” ... More >>
Taliban Weaponising Justice Sector To Entrench Gender Persecution In Afghanistan: UN Expert
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 10:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
While all Afghan women and girls suffer under Taliban policies, the Special Rapporteur stressed that the situation is exacerbated for women and girls in remote and rural parts of the country, or with intersecting identities, particularly those from minority ... More >>
Brazil Must Abandon “Marco Temporal” Doctrine Once And For All, Says UN Expert
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 9:36 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“This is a deeply regressive step that undermines Indigenous Peoples’ rights, environmental protection, and climate action, I urge lawmakers not to approve the Bill,” the expert said. More >>
UN Expert Urges Saudi Arabia To Halt Imminent Execution Of 26 Egyptian Nationals For Drug-Related Offences
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 7:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The 26 Egyptian nationals, currently held on death row in Tabouk prison, have reportedly been informed that their executions will take place shortly after the Eid al-Adha holidays. More >>
Agreement Between Mauritius And The UK Fails To Guarantee Rights Of Chagossians Say UN Experts
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 6:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts raised serious questions about whether the foreseen £40 million Trust Fund, would comply with the right of Chagossian people to effective remedy and adequate, effective & prompt reparation, including restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, ... More >>
Democratic Republic Of The Congo: National Ownership Essential To Address Internal Displacement Crisis, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 10:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Special Rapporteur Gaviria Betancur welcomed Government efforts to strengthen displacement-related legal and policy frameworks and address root causes of internal displacement through conflict management and land reform. She called for greater State leadership on these ... More >>
Gaza: UN Experts Demand Safe Passage For Freedom Flotilla Coalition
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 7:41 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The people of Gaza have the right to receive aid through their own territorial waters even under occupation, and the Coalition ship has the right to free passage in international waters to reach the people of Gaza. More >>
“Stop The Clock On Madness”: UN Expert Appeals To States After Gaza Aid Distribution Shootings
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:30 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“To starve a population for months and then shoot at them when they clamour for food is unmitigated cruelty”, Albanese said. More >>
Rwanda Must Avoid Balancing Budget On The Backs Of The Poor: UN Poverty Expert
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:25 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The challenge now is to reach the approximately 3.6 million people still living below the poverty line, in an environment of cuts to international aid and the national budget. More >>
Criminalisation Of Istanbul Bar Assoc & Dismissal Of Executive Board, A Chilling Attack On The Independence Of Lawyers
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 8:24 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The executive body of a bar association must be able to perform its functions without external interference,” the experts said. More >>
