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Myanmar: UN Expert Urges Member States To Strengthen “Growing Trend” Of Coordinated Action
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Myanmar: UN expert urges Member States to strengthen “growing trend” of coordinated action as human rights and humanitarian crisis deepens NEW YORK (24 October 2023) – A growing trend of coordinated action by Member States, including sanctions targeting ... More >>
Iran Must Safeguard Basic Freedoms And Protect Human Rights: UN Expert
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (24 October 2023) – The entrenched shortcomings in the legal and political framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran significantly limit the ability of Iranian citizens to exercise their right to democratic participation in political and public ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Lawyers Advising Israeli Military To Refuse Legal Authorisation Of Actions That May Amount To War Crimes
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 6:10 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 October 2023) – UN experts* today called on all lawyers advising the Israeli military to refuse legal authorisation for acts that may amount to war crimes in retaliation for the Hamas attacks on Israel. “We unequivocally condemn the massacres ... More >>
Sweden must strengthen dialogue with faith communities to combat religious or belief intolerance: UN expert
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 7:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
STOCKHOLM (20 October 2023) – UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, today urged Sweden to strengthen its engagement and dialogue with faith communities to combat religious or belief intolerance in the light of ... More >>
Gaza: UN experts decry bombing of hospitals and schools as crimes against humanity, call for prevention of genocide
Friday, 20 October 2023, 6:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 October 2023) – UN experts* today expressed outrage against the deadly strike at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which killed more than 470 civilians on Tuesday (17) and trapped hundreds under the rubble. The strike reportedly followed ... More >>
China: UN Expert Urges Release Of Human Rights Defender Guo Feixiong
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 9:59 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 October 2023) – Chinese authorities can no longer ignore calls for the release of human rights defender Guo Feixiong, whose health has been seriously deteriorating in prison, a UN expert said today. “Mr. Guo Feixiong is unjustly ... More >>
UN Special Rapporteurs Urge Pakistan To Stop Planned Mass Deportation Of Afghans
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 9:46 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 October 2023) – Pakistan should immediately cancel plans to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals back to their country, UN experts* said today. The Government of Pakistan, which has hosted millions of Afghans for decades, recently announced ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Immediate Ceasefire And Humanitarian Access As Gaza Health Sector Reaches “Breaking Point”
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 8:13 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 October 2023) – Continuing violent displacement and threats of further attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip pose a major public health risk and emergency, a UN expert said today after at least 12 health workers were killed and 24 Gazan ... More >>
UN Special Rapporteur calls for robust labour frameworks to protect rights of migrant workers regardless of status
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 6:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (17 October 2023) – The labour and human rights of migrants is among the defining issues of our era, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, said in his last report presented to the UN General ... More >>
UN Expert Warns Of New Instance Of Mass Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestinians, Calls For Immediate Ceasefire
Sunday, 15 October 2023, 7:00 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 October 2023) – A UN human rights expert warned today that Palestinians are in grave danger of mass ethnic cleansing and called on the international community to urgently mediate a ceasefire between warring Hamas and Israeli occupation forces. ... More >>
Israel must rescind evacuation order for northern Gaza and comply with international law: UN expert
Saturday, 14 October 2023, 6:48 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 October 2023) – A UN expert today demanded that Israel immediately rescind its order for 1.1 million Palestinians to leave northern Gaza within 24 hours, condemning the evacuation order as a crime against humanity and a blatant violation ... More >>
Israel/occupied Palestinian Territory: UN Experts Deplore Attacks On Civilians
Friday, 13 October 2023, 6:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Call For Truce And Urge International Community To Address Root Causes Of Violence GENEVA (12 October 2023) – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate ... More >>
UN Experts Demand Immediate Release Of JaiIed Iranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 8:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 October 2023) – UN experts today called for the immediate release of imprisoned women’s rights and anti-death penalty advocate, Narges Mohammadi, who was awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize last week. “We are dismayed that Iranian ... More >>
China/Hong Kong SAR: UN Experts Concerned About Ongoing Trials And Arrest Warrants Under National Security Legislation
Monday, 9 October 2023, 9:06 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 October 2023) – UN experts* today expressed serious concern about the first mass trial of 47 people underway since February 2023 under the National Security Legislation (NSL) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and the issuance ... More >>
2023 Nobel Peace Prize Recognises Struggle Of Women Against Systems Of Discrimination, Segregation And Exclusion In Iran
Saturday, 7 October 2023, 6:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 October 2023) – Welcoming the Nobel Committee’s announcement to award the 2023 Nobel Peace prize to jailed Iranian women’s rights activist Narges Mohammadi today, UN experts* urged the government of Iran to free all those imprisoned for ... More >>
Australia: UN Experts Urge Support For Indigenous ‘Voice’ Vote
Friday, 6 October 2023, 7:52 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (5 October 2023) – UN human rights experts* today urged all Australians to unite in support of the creation of a permanent constitutional body of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to advise the Government on all matters that relate ... More >>
UN Expert Appalled By Execution In Viet Nam
Wednesday, 4 October 2023, 6:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 October 2023) – A UN expert today expressed dismay at the execution of a condemned prisoner in Viet Nam, despite repeated calls to spare his life. “I am disturbed by the execution of Le Van Manh despite calls for clemency, in light ... More >>
Colombia: UN expert calls for compliance with intl human rights standards in peace & transitional justice agenda
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 6:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 September 2023) – Colombia must guarantee the right of victims to truth, justice, reparation and non-recurrence in its peace and transitional justice agenda in compliance with international standards, a UN expert* said today. “Colombia ... More >>
United States: End Detention Of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN Experts Say
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 9:19 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 September 2023) – UN experts* today urged the government of the United States of America to end the prolonged pre-trial detention of Alex Nain Saab Morán, a Venezuelan Special Envoy, arrested and extradited to the US on money laundering ... More >>
Azerbaijan Must Respect And Protect The Lives Of Ethnic Armenians In Nagorno-Karabakh: UN Expert
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 8:55 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 September 2023) – Azerbaijan must guarantee the rights of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh and ensure that the lives of civilians, detained persons or those otherwise “hors de combat” in recent hostilities are respected and protected ... More >>
