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Mali: Dissolution Of Political Parties A Step In The Wrong Direction, Warn UN Experts
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
On 13 May 2025, the Transitional President, General Assimi Goita, issued a decree dissolving all political parties and “organisations of a political nature” and signed into law a repeal of previous laws governing and protecting political parties. More >>
Russia Must Immediately Release Election Monitor Grigory Melkonyants: UN Special Rapporteur
Friday, 23 May 2025, 7:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Melkonyants was sentenced to five years in prison by the Basmanny Court of Moscow for his peaceful work defending electoral integrity and human rights in Russia. More >>
UN Expert Urges International Community Not To Leave Somalia Behind
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:55 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur urged Somalia, with international support, to establish and adequately resource rehabilitation and reintegration centres and programmes for individuals who disengage from Al-Shabab, including women survivors of sexual and gender-based ... More >>
‘Assault On Children’: UN Experts Condemn Renewed Attacks On UNRWA Schools In Gaza And East Jerusalem
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 10:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
These attacks are also an assault on the right to safe education and a blatant violation of international law, all the more in the context of an unlawful occupation, the experts says. More >>
UN Ocean Conference: “Human Rights Must Be At The Heart Of Ocean Governance,” Urges UN Expert
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 10:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Conference will culminate with the ‘Nice Ocean Action Plan,’ a political declaration accompanied by a registry of voluntary commitments from States, businesses and other stakeholders. More >>
Belarus: Experts Demand Immediate Release Of Activist Viktoria Kulsha
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 10:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Ms. Kulsha's condition has been life-threatening for some time now. According to recent reports, she has been on an indefinite hunger strike since the end of April. More >>
Sudan: UN Expert Calls For End To Attacks On Critical Civilian Infrastructure Amidst Intensifying Drone Strikes
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 10:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Critical infrastructure targeted has included the city’s main electricity substation and fuel and gas storage facilities, as well as the international airport - a key access point for humanitarian operations and civilian movement. More >>
UN Experts Urge Immediate Human Rights-Based Action To Tackle Forced Criminality In Southeast Asia Scam Centres
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 8:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts noted that the victims were deceived and fraudulently recruited from all over the world. They are held in facilities primarily located in Cambodia, Myanmar, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Philippines, and Malaysia. More >>
Dominica: UN Expert Recommends Human Rights Approach For Advancing Climate Resilience
Monday, 19 May 2025, 8:10 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Dominica’s ambition to become the world’s first climate resilient nation has made significant strides since 2017. More >>
Youth Justice Systems Across Australia In Crisis: UN Experts
Monday, 19 May 2025, 7:52 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
In a letter to Australian authorities, the experts expressed considerable concern about a bill proposed in Queensland that is due to be adopted this week. More >>
Alarmed By Reports Of Rohingya Cast Into The Sea, UN Expert Launches Inquiry Of “Unconscionable, Unacceptable Acts”
Friday, 16 May 2025, 7:32 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Government of India must immediately and unequivocally repudiate unconscionable acts against Rohingya refugees, stop all deportations to Myanmar, and ensure that those responsible for these blatant violations of India’s international obligations ... More >>
Sudan: Experts Denounce Systematic Attacks On Women And Girls
Thursday, 15 May 2025, 8:55 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“We are deeply troubled by the harrowing reports of sexual violence, abductions, and killings targeting women and children, including in displacement camps, which reflect a systematic and brutal campaign against those least protected in Sudanese ... More >>
Mali: UN Experts Say Mali Should Not Hinder Or Suspend The Activities Of Political Parties
Sunday, 11 May 2025, 8:52 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Government of Mali has argued that the repeal of existing laws did not call into question the existence of political parties and that the Government only sought to "stop the proliferation of political parties" in the country. More >>
Special Rapporteur Welcomes Landmark UK Judgment On Sex-Based Protections
Sunday, 4 May 2025, 5:21 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The judgment does not change the law but brings much-needed clarity, it also represents the triumph of reason and science in policy making and a return to basic truth and common sense,” Alsalem said. More >>
UN Experts Alarmed At Illegal Deportations From The United States To El Salvador
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 8:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The US and El Salvador have also refused to return individuals found by US courts to have been illegally deported. “We call on both Governments to cooperate to return them to the US, as well as anyone else who was unlawfully deported and wishes to ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: UN Experts Call For Immediate Release Of Child Offenders
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 2:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) had previously stated in its opinion concerning Abdullah al-Derazi, Jalal al-Labbad, Yusuf Muhammad Mahdi al-Manasif, Jawad Abdullah Qureiris and Hassan Zaki al-Faraj that their deprivation of liberty ... More >>
Mali: UN Experts Outraged By Reports Of Summary Executions And Enforced Disappearances
Thursday, 1 May 2025, 2:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
On 12 April 2025, around 100 men, most of whom were from the Peul community, were arrested by the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa). They were accompanied by military and security personnel recruited by the Russia-based Wagner Group. More >>
UN Experts Outraged By Reports Of Summary Executions And Enforced Disappearances
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 10:49 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“We urge Malian authorities to conduct prompt, effective, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigations into these killings and enforced disappearances, in accordance with international law,” the experts said. More >>
UN Experts Urge Pakistan To Address Human Rights Violations In Balochistan
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 8:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts expressed alarm at the unrelenting use of enforced disappearances in Balochistan, which is a serious human rights violation and an international crime. More >>
UN Expert Concerned By Canada’s Abolition Of Gender Equality Minister
Wednesday, 23 April 2025, 7:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The elimination of this dedicated ministerial role is deeply troubling and risks setting a negative global precedent. Thee decision could disproportionately harm women and girls from marginalised groups, including indigenous women, black women, ... More >>
