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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 >>
Experts Urge Australia To Pay Compensation Owed To Victims Of War Crimes In Afghanistan
Friday, 9 August 2024, 10:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A group of independent experts* today called on Australia to immediately fulfil its commitment to compensate the families of 39 murdered victims of war crimes committed by the Australian military in Afghanistan. More >>
Expert Denounces Killing Of Two More Journalists In Gaza And Demands Full Accountability
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
An independent human rights expert today condemned the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami Al-Rifi in Gaza on 1 August 2024. More >>
Independent Experts Condemn Escalating Violence In The Middle East, Urge Ceasefire And Accountability
Wednesday, 7 August 2024, 8:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
“This attack appears to be in violation of both international humanitarian law and international human rights law”, the experts said. More >>
Israel’s Escalating Use Of Torture Against Palestinians In Custody A Preventable Crime Against Humanity: UN Experts
Tuesday, 6 August 2024, 7:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison are grossly illegal and revolting, but they only represent the tip of the iceberg, independent human rights experts warned recently. More >>
Russia: All Remaining Human Rights Defenders, Journalists And Anti-War Critics Convicted In Sham Trials Must Be Released
Sunday, 4 August 2024, 4:15 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Most of the released were arbitrarily detained for peacefully opposing the Russian government and its war against Ukraine through human rights advocacy, journalism, artistic expression, and political activism. More >>
End Dangerous Fixation With GDP As Way To Eradicate Global Poverty: UN Expert
Wednesday, 3 July 2024, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The widely held belief that increasing economic growth will solve global poverty is wrong and leading the world down a dangerous path, the UN’s independent expert on poverty* warned on Tuesday. More >>
UN Experts Condemn Outrageous Disregard For Palestinian Civilians During Israel’s Military Operation In Nuseirat
Saturday, 15 June 2024, 5:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
On 8 June, Israeli Occupation Forces – allegedly assisted by foreign soldiers – entered Nuseirat disguised as displaced persons and aid workers in a humanitarian truck. They violently raided the area, assaulting residents with intense ground and ... More >>
