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Colombia: UN Expert To Assess Trafficking In Persons
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 5:01 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 May 2023) – UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, will conduct an official visit to Colombia from 22 to 30 May 2023. Mullally will examine the main challenges to ensuring effective ... More >>
UN Expert Exposes $1 Billion “Death Trade” To Myanmar Military
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 2:41 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK / GENEVA (17 May 2023) – The Myanmar military has imported at least $1 billion USD in arms and raw materials to manufacture weapons since the coup in February 2021, according to a new report today by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation ... More >>
Singapore: UN experts condemn continued use of death penalty for drug-related crimes
Saturday, 29 April 2023, 5:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 April 2023) – UN experts* today strongly condemned Singapore’s execution of Tangaraju s/o Suppiah on Tuesday (26) and called on the Government to impose an immediate moratorium on capital punishment in the country. Tangaraju, a 46-year-old ... More >>
UN expert urges Japan to step up pressure on Myanmar junta
Saturday, 29 April 2023, 5:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
TOKYO/GENEVA (28 April 2023) – A UN expert today urged the Japanese government to assume a greater leadership role to address the deteriorating crisis in Myanmar and step up pressure on the country’s military junta. “The international community’s ... More >>
China: “Vocational Training” Programmes Threaten Tibetan Identity, Carry Risk Of Forced Labour, Say UN Experts
Friday, 28 April 2023, 5:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 April 2023) – UN experts* today expressed concern over allegations that so-called “labour transfer” and “vocational training” programmes in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China are being used as a pretext to undermine Tibetan ... More >>
Russia: UN Expert Submits Amicus Brief In Case Challenging Dissolution Of Moscow Helsinki Group
Friday, 28 April 2023, 5:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 April 2023) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor yesterday submitted an amicus curiae brief to a court in Russia to support the Moscow Helsinki Group’s appeal against its dissolution in January ... More >>
UK and Northern Ireland: UN expert to assess human rights of LGBT persons
Friday, 21 April 2023, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (20 April 2023) – The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, will conduct an official visit to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern ... More >>
UN expert urges Tajikistan to leave past behind and uphold freedom of religion and belief
Friday, 21 April 2023, 6:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
DUSHANBE (20 April 2023) – The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, today urged Tajikistan to adapt and reshape its laws, policies and practices on freedom of religion or belief, saying this would help contribute ... More >>
Repressive Enforcement Of Iranian Hijab Laws Symbolises Gender-based Persecution: UN Experts
Saturday, 15 April 2023, 8:27 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 April 2023) – The repressive enforcement of Iranian hijab laws, as announced by the State authorities, would result in additional restrictive and punitive measures on women and girls who fail to comply with the country’s compulsory veiling ... More >>
Israel: UN Experts Urge International Community To End Forced Displacement And Annexation Of Occupied Territory
Friday, 14 April 2023, 4:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 April 2023) – The international community must take immediate action to stop Israel’s forced evictions and displacement of Palestinians in East Jerusalem as part of Israel’s annexation and de-Palestinianisation of the city, UN experts* ... More >>
Malaysia: UN Experts Hail Parliamentary Decision To End Mandatory Death Penalty
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 5:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 April 2023) – UN human rights experts* today hailed a decision by the Malaysian parliament to revoke the country’s mandatory death penalty for many serious crimes, a decision that could potentially spare the lives of 1300 prisoners on death ... More >>
Afghanistan: Taliban must stop targeting Afghan women
Friday, 7 April 2023, 5:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 April 2023) – UN experts* today demanded the immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations in Afghanistan . On 4 April, the de facto authorities prevented women working for ... More >>
Israel: UN expert condemns brutal attacks on Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Friday, 7 April 2023, 5:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 April 2023) – A UN expert today condemned the violent incursions by Israeli forces into the Haram Al-Sharif compound and the attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday. “As Palestinian Muslims gathered for Ramadan prayers ... More >>
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 >>
