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Occupied Palestinian Territory: With Every New Day Of Impunity More Innocent Lives Are Lost, Warn UN Experts
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 7:42 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has already resulted in an unprecedented number of aid workers being killed, including UN staff the vast majority of whom are Palestinian. In total, at least 408 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023. More >>
UN Experts Urge End To ISIL-Related Arbitrary Detention In North-East Syria And Accountability For International Crimes
Tuesday, 8 April 2025, 7:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Around 9,000 male ISIL suspects are detained without due process of law, including 5,400 Syrians, 1,600 Iraqis, and 1,500 people from 50 other countries. The vast majority of these detainees continue to be held incommunicado without information on their ... More >>
UN Experts Call On Pakistan To Stop Displacing Afghans
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 12:48 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts called on the Government of Pakistan to continue its important role as a neighboring country with a long history of hosting Afghans fleeing their country. More >>
Suriname Must Listen To And Act Upon The Concerns Of People Of African Descent, Say UN Experts
Friday, 4 April 2025, 11:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The experts regretted the lack of available data disaggregated notably by race or ethnic origin to assess the extent to which people of African descent enjoy their rights and urged Suriname to collect, publish and use such data. More >>
Amid Escalating Horror, UN Experts Urge States To Take Concrete Action To End Impunity For Israel
Friday, 4 April 2025, 10:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Hague Group was established on 31 January 2025, creating a historic precedent demonstrating how States can unite to avert the tangible risk of erosion of the international legal system, the rule of law and the protection of all human rights. More >>
U.S. Must Immediately Release Palestinian Rights-Activist And Stop Threats Of Deportation Against Foreign Residents
Friday, 21 March 2025, 11:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The targeting of foreign nationals in the U.S. with threats to revoke student visas or residency rights is not only discriminatory & violates constitutional protections, but is highly dangerous as it seeks to exert a chilling effect on free expression ... More >>
Mali: UN Experts Outraged By Alleged Arbitrary Executions Of At Least Ten People
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 7:02 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Six men, three women & a two-year-old boy were killed in the Dioura sector (Mopti region) between 2 and 4 January 2025, during counter-terrorist military operations carried out by the Malian armed forces (FAMa), accompanied by Russian military and ... More >>
United States: New Administration Must Halt Sweeping Attacks On Independent Justice, Says Rights Expert
Monday, 10 March 2025, 10:10 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The affected lawyers include many prosecutors at the Department of Justice (DOJ) who were fired after reportedly working on criminal investigations of President Trump or prosecutions stemming from the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. More >>
UN Expert Expresses Extreme Concern For Safety Of Human Rights Defenders In The Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 10:24 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Human rights defenders in the eastern DRC are currently at extreme risk of reprisals for their human rights work. They need help now, including support for temporary relocation along with their families,” said Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on ... More >>
Human Rights Violations At The Paris 2024 Olympics Must Teach Us A Lesson: UN Experts
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 10:22 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“French authorities took a number of reasonable measures to ensure that the Olympic Games were free from terrorist violence,” the experts said. “Yet, some security measures appeared to be unnecessary or disproportionate, while others were discriminatory ... More >>
Poland: UN Experts Call For Justyna Wydrzyńska’s Acquittal
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 10:20 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The work of individuals like Ms Wydrzyńska remains one of the few avenues for safe abortion in Poland, where access to services to terminate a pregnancy is virtually non-existent in practice,” the experts said. “Human rights defenders like her ... More >>
Experts Urge Venezuela To Comply With International Law To Prevent Irreparable Harm To Victims Of Enforced Disappearance
Saturday, 1 March 2025, 5:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“Faced with biased and dysfunctional domestic institutions, victims are increasingly turning to international mechanisms to uncover the truth about the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones, prevent any irreparable harm to their life and personal integrity ... More >>
The New US Administration Must Recommit To Human Rights At Home And Abroad: UN Experts
Friday, 28 February 2025, 9:44 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The United States must play a pivotal role in strengthening the multilateral system and its institutions, with the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights at its core, that it was instrumental in co-creating. More >>
Russia’s Repression At Home & Aggression Against Ukraine Demand Justice, No Lasting Peace Without Accountability
Friday, 28 February 2025, 8:35 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine stems from a system constructed over the past two decades, and severely intensified in the past three years of war, to systematically destroy the independence of State institutions and the judiciary, transforming them ... More >>
Democratic Republic Of Congo: Parties To Conflict Must Treat Dead Bodies With Dignity
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 3:24 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“We are shocked by the nearly 3’000 dead bodies and remains mostly retrieved from the streets and lake Kivu, in Goma, following the announcement of a unilateral ceasefire by the M23 armed group, on 4 February,” the experts said. More >>
No Justice For Alexei Navalny And More Lives At Risk In Russia, Warns UN Special Rapporteur
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 10:25 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur said Russian authorities have failed to conduct a credible investigation into Navalny’s death in custody and bear sole responsibility for his death. More >>
Russia Must Immediately Drop Charges Against 85-year-old Human Rights Defender Mark Kuperman: UN Experts
Monday, 17 February 2025, 12:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Kuperman, a prominent Russian human rights advocate, faces severe “terrorism” charges and is being targeted for his anti-war views and human rights work. More >>
Israel Must Stop Killing Civilians Returning To Their Homes In South Lebanon: UN Experts
Monday, 17 February 2025, 12:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“We are gravely concerned about the continuing toll on civilians in Lebanon. Within 60 days of the ceasefire coming into force, at least 57 civilians have been killed, and 260 properties have been destroyed,” the experts said. More >>
UN Expert Welcomes African Court Ruling Against Tanzania For Failing To Protect Persons With Albinism
Sunday, 9 February 2025, 10:07 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
In a decision, the African Court found that Tanzania violated the right to life protected under Article 4 of the African Charter. More >>
Bosnia & Herzegovina: Bill On Registering NGOs Will Increase Govt Control Over Civil Society Operations, Say UN Experts
Sunday, 9 February 2025, 10:06 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
According to the experts, the law would limit the independence and autonomy of civil society organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina, contrary to the right of associations to organise their activities and formulate their programmes without undue government ... More >>
