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Venezuela: UN Expert Concerned By Reported Retaliation Against Lawyer Perkins Rocha
Friday, 4 October 2024, 3:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur expressed grave concern about the pattern of reprisals, including detention and criminal proceedings against opposition representatives and their counsel in Venezuela. More >>
Urgent Action Needed To Combat And Control Arms Trafficking And Use By Mercenaries And Related Actors: UN Experts
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 4:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The regulation of military and security services that often accompany weapons sales should be addressed as a matter of priority at the domestic, regional and international level. More >>
UN Experts Urge Israel To Stop Attacks And Harassment Against Journalists In Occupied West Bank
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 4:23 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
There have been at least three incidents in September, in Jenin and Tulkarm, where Israeli security forces fired live ammunition at journalists or their vehicles, while they were reporting on military operations and civilian casualties. More >>
Georgia Must Repeal Discriminatory Law Targeting LGBT Persons And Human Rights Activists: UN Experts
Friday, 27 September 2024, 8:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The recently adopted law ‘on family values and protection of minors’ violates both the national laws of Georgia and international human rights norms and standards,” the experts said. “This discriminatory law promotes bias and further restricts ... More >>
There Will Be No Peace In Colombia While Social Segregation Exists: UN Poverty Expert
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 6:17 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur expressed concern at the country’s social stratification system – whereby neighbourhoods are classified from 1-6, with six being the richest and one the poorest – calling the planning policy “institutionalised social segregation”. More >>
Venezuela Must Stop Human Rights Violations Following Elections, Say Experts
Thursday, 26 September 2024, 6:14 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Experts noted that before, during and after the elections, a spate of violations was recorded including arbitrary detentions, excessive use of force against demonstrators, unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, harassment, unlawful dismissals, persecution ... More >>
Special Rapporteur Decries Australia’s Federal Court Ruling Further Eroding Rights To Female-only Spaces
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 8:51 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“The ruling demonstrates the concrete consequences that result when gender identity is allowed to supplant sex and override women’s rights to female-only services and spaces,” said Alsalem. More >>
Afghanistan: Comprehensive Efforts Needed To Stop Destructive Cycle Of Impunity, Says UN Expert
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:52 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The latest Taliban morality law marks a new phase in the ongoing regression in the respect for human rights, said Richard Bennett, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. More >>
Special Rapporteur Calls For Justice For Victims On Anniversary Of The 9/11 Terrorist Attacks
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:35 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The unfathomable violence on 9/11 against ordinary people going about their daily lives was a crime against humanity, but sadly, 23 years later, the victims remain starved of justice because successive U.S. governments have undermined efforts towards ... More >>
Exploding Pagers And Radios: A Terrifying Violation Of International Law, Say UN Experts
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 3:47 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 September 2024) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the malicious manipulation of thousands of electronic pagers and radios to explode simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria as “terrifying” violations of international law. The ... More >>
UN Experts Warn International Order On A Knife’s Edge, Urge States To Comply With ICJ Advisory Opinion
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 7:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
States must act now. They must listen to voices calling on them to take action to stop Israel’s attacks against the Palestinians and end its unlawful occupation. More >>
UN Special Rapporteur Says Committed To People Of Afghanistan Despite Taliban Barring Entry
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:54 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
I remain committed to the people of Afghanistan and to supporting a stable, inclusive and prosperous country at peace with itself and its neighbours. More >>
UN Expert Urges UK Government To Prioritise The Review Of Indefinite Prison Sentences
Monday, 26 August 2024, 9:08 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Close to 2,800 people currently remain in prison serving an IPP sentence, with more than 200 others held in secure hospitals. More >>
Iran: Narges Mohammadi And Other Detainees With Life-threatening Conditions Need Urgent Medical Treatment, Say Experts
Wednesday, 21 August 2024, 6:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
We reiterate our calls for the immediate release of human rights defenders and all other individuals in Iranian detention facilities who are currently being held arbitrarily. More >>
International Community Must Not Normalise Taliban Rule In Afghanistan
Saturday, 17 August 2024, 8:30 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Taliban’s claim that the rights of over half of Afghanistan’s population is an internal matter is incompatible with Afghanistan’s international obligations and commitments and membership of the United Nations. More >>
Zimbabwe Must Release Human Rights Defenders Ahead Of SADC Summit, Say Experts
Friday, 16 August 2024, 10:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over two weeks and drop charges against them, independent human rights experts* said today. More >>
Azerbaijan: Expert Concerned About Prosecution Of Human Rights Defenders And Journalists
Friday, 16 August 2024, 10:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today expressed serious concern over the ongoing detention and prosecution of six human rights defenders and journalists in Azerbaijan. More >>
Bahrain Must Restore Rights In Jau Prison Amid Prisoner Protests, Say Experts
Friday, 16 August 2024, 10:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Immediate action must be taken to safeguard the rights of all prisoners in Jau prison in Bahrain, to ensure prisoners are treated humanely and with dignity, and avoid life-threatening consequences, independent human rights experts* warned today. More >>
UN Expert Strongly Condemns Attack At Lido Beach In Mogadishu
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
An independent human rights expert strongly condemned the 2 August suicide attack at Lido Beach in the Somalian capital of Mogadishu that killed 37 civilians and injured over 210, including many young people. More >>
Sports Bodies Must Pushback Against The Taliban’s Ban On Women Participating In Sports, Say UN Experts
Monday, 12 August 2024, 8:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“For nearly three years, the Taliban has barred women and girls in Afghanistan from participating in all sports, an unacceptable abrogation of their rights, which no other country imposes,” the experts said. More >>
