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UN expert hails Vatican rejection of ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, urges States to follow suit
Friday, 7 April 2023, 5:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 April 2023) – A UN expert today welcomed the Vatican’s rejection of the 'Doctrine of Discovery', a 500-year-old Catholic decree that was used to justify the seizure of indigenous lands by colonial powers. “The doctrine of discovery ... More >>
Lebanon: UN Expert Concerned By Interference In Beirut Blast Probe
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 4:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (5 April 2023) – A UN expert today expressed grave concern about interference in an investigation into the 2020 port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, including threats against the investigating judge. UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges ... More >>
Uganda: UN experts condemn egregious anti-LGBT legislation
Thursday, 30 March 2023, 5:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 March 2023) – Making homosexuality punishable by death is an egregious violation of human rights, UN experts said today, urging Uganda’s president not to promulgate laws that take aim at and further criminalise people identifying as ... More >>
Colombia: Misuse Of Counter-terrorism Measures To Prosecute Protesters Threatens Human Rights, Say UN Experts
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 8:01 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 March 2023) – UN experts* today called on Colombia to stop misusing counter-terrorism measures and serious criminal offences, such as terrorism, to prosecute individuals for taking part in protests against government policies. The experts ... More >>
India: UN Expert Demands Immediate End To Crackdown On Kashmiri Human Rights Defenders
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 5:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 March 2023) – India must immediately end its crackdown against Kashmiri human rights defenders, a UN expert said today, after renowned Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez was arrested in a second case on terrorism charges. “Indian ... More >>
Water Is A Common Good Not A Commodity: UN Experts
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 5:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / NEW YORK (21 March 2023) – Water should be managed as a common good not a commodity, UN experts* said today. They urged States to ensure that human rights and water defenders be placed at the core of the discussions during the first UN ... More >>
North Korea's Unparalleled Self-isolation Must Cease: UN Expert
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 5:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 March 2023) – Unprecedented self-isolation imposed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has further aggravated the suffering of its people, a UN expert warned today. In a report ... More >>
Afghanistan: Quality Education Must Be Equally Accessible To All, UN Experts Say
Tuesday, 21 March 2023, 6:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (20 March 2023) – UN experts* today said the ongoing unlawful denial of girls and young women’s right to education in Afghanistan marks a global nadir in education, impacting an entire gender, a generation and the future of the country. ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Poland To Acquit Woman Human Rights Defender Justyna Wydrzyńska
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 March 2023) – UN experts today strongly condemned the sentencing of Justyna Wydrzyńska, a Polish woman human rights defender who was found guilty of assisting in the process of obtaining abortion and demanded her acquittal from all ... More >>
National Prosecutions Key To Breaking Cycle Of Impunity For Torture: UN Expert
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 5:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 March 2023) – States must pursue justice “at home” for crimes of torture, to achieve meaningful accountability, healing and reconciliation, the UN independent expert on torture said today. In a report to the 52nd session of the ... More >>
Alarming Misuse Of High-risk Technologies In Global Fight Against Terrorism Says UN Expert
Wednesday, 15 March 2023, 6:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 March 2023) – States and private actors are using counter-terrorism and security rhetoric to justify and accelerate the deployment and transfer of new high-risk surveillance technologies, without regulation, and at an enormous cost ... More >>
Canada: UN Expert Decries “Appalling” Legacy Of Residential Schools, Calls For Meaningful Reconciliation
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 7:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 March 2023) – The testimonies of survivors of Canada’s residential school system were appalling, a UN expert said today, urging the Government to fully implement recommendations of a 2015 truth commission to achieve meaningful reconciliation ... More >>
Russian Federation: UN Experts Alarmed By Recruitment Of Prisoners By “Wagner Group”
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 5:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 March 2023) – The recruitment of prisoners serving sentences in Russian correctional facilities for the private military and security contractor known as the “Wagner Group” was alarming, UN experts* said today. “We are deeply disturbed ... More >>
States Must Tackle Gender-based Discrimination To Guarantee Right To A Healthy Environment: UN Expert
Friday, 10 March 2023, 7:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 March 2023) – The triple planetary crisis, combined with systemic gender-based discrimination, patriarchal norms and inequality, imposes distinct and disproportionate impacts on women and girls’ human rights, including the right to a clean, healthy ... More >>
United States: Efforts To Use Sanctions To Expand Jurisdiction Abroad Violate Human Rights Says UN Expert
Friday, 10 March 2023, 6:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (09 March 2023) – The United States is using extraterritorial jurisdiction to impose sanctions on foreign individuals, UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan said today, raising concerns about human rights violations, including the right to due ... More >>
Cambodia: UN Experts Condemn Verdict Against Opposition Leader Kem Sokha
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 6:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 March 2023) – The verdict of treason against Cambodia opposition leader Kem Sokha would have a chilling effect on political activism and freedom of expression in the country ahead of July national elections, UN experts* warned today. “We ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Experts Say 20 Years Of Progress For Women And Girls’ Rights Erased Since Taliban Takeover
Thursday, 9 March 2023, 6:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 March 2023) – UN experts* today said the situation of women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan has reverted to that of the pre-2002 era when the Taliban last controlled the country, effectively erasing progress on women’s rights in the intervening ... More >>
Belarus: Verdict Against Nobel Laureate Ales Bialiatski An Effort To Quash Scrutiny And Dissent Say UN Experts
Saturday, 4 March 2023, 2:06 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 March 2023) – UN experts* today urged the international community to relentlessly pursue truth and justice for all victims of human rights violations in Belarus, after a court in Minsk delivered a devastating verdict, sentencing Belarusian ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Decries Launch Of “Shameful, Catastrophic Cuts” In Food Aid For Rohingya In Bangladesh
Friday, 3 March 2023, 5:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 March 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tom Andrews made an urgent appeal to Member States today to reverse “the shameful, catastrophic cuts” to food rations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh ... More >>
Indonesia: UN Experts Alarmed By Reports Of Increased Militarisation And Intimidation Around Mandalika Project
Thursday, 2 March 2023, 6:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 March 2023) – UN experts* today expressed concern about persistent allegations of increased militarisation and human rights violations surrounding Mandalika, an urban development and tourism project in Indonesia. The experts have received alarming ... More >>
