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Collapse Of Legal System In Afghanistan Is A Human Rights Catastrophe: UN Experts
Saturday, 21 January 2023, 7:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (20 January 2023) – The collapse of the rule of law and judicial independence in Afghanistan is a human rights catastrophe, UN experts warned today. Ahead of the International Day of the Endangered Lawyer, the UN Special Rapporteurs on the situation ... More >>
Cambodia: Legal Recognition Of LGBT Families Key To Social Integration Says UN Expert
Saturday, 21 January 2023, 7:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (20 January 2023) – Cambodia is poised to make strides toward full integration of LGBT persons in all social sectors, effectively protecting them from violence and discrimination, a UN expert said today, urging authorities to legally recognise ... More >>
UN Expert Welcomes Verdict On Maria Ressa’s Tax Evasion Case
Friday, 20 January 2023, 6:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 January 2023) – The UN expert on freedom of expression today welcomed the decision by a Philippines’ court to acquit journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and the Rappler news outlet of tax evasion charges. “The acquittal of Maria ... More >>
UN Experts* Intervene In Toxic Legacy Class Action Against Lead Pollution
Friday, 20 January 2023, 5:46 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 January 2023) – A court in South Africa has admitted several UN experts as amici curiae in a class action suit filed by alleged victims of mining pollution in Zambia’s central Kabwe District. UN Special Rapporteurs on toxics and human ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Say Arbitrary Detention Of Belgian Aid Worker A Flagrant Violation Of International Law
Wednesday, 18 January 2023, 7:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 January 2023) – UN experts* today condemned Iran’s arbitrary detention of Olivier Vandecasteele and demanded his immediate release, after the Belgian aid worker was recently sentenced to a cumulative 40-year jail term by a court in Tehran. ... More >>
Pakistan: UN Experts Urge Action On Coerced Religious Conversions, Forced And Child Marriage
Monday, 16 January 2023, 9:51 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 January 2023) – UN experts* today expressed alarm at the reported rise in abductions, forced marriages and conversions of underage girls and young women from religious minorities in Pakistan and called for immediate efforts to curtail ... More >>
Cambodia: UN Expert To Assess LGBT Rights
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 January 2023) – The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, will visit the Kingdom of Cambodia from 10 to 20 January 2023. “This visit is a ... More >>
Freedom Of Speech Is Not Freedom To Spread Racial Hatred On Social Media: UN Experts
Saturday, 7 January 2023, 6:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (03 January 2023) – UN experts said today that a sharp increase in the use of the racist “N” word on Twitter after its recent acquisition highlights the urgent need for a deeper level of accountability from social media corporations ... More >>
Syria: UN Experts Urge Security Council To Extend Life-saving Aid Delivery Into Northwest Syria
Thursday, 5 January 2023, 5:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 January 2023) - UN human rights experts* today called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to renew the cross-border resolution (UNSCR 2642) expiring on 10 January 2023 for the provision of humanitarian aid into northwest Syria. Their ... More >>
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Targeting Of Women And NGOs Preventing Delivery Of Life-saving Assistance Is Unacceptable
Saturday, 31 December 2022, 6:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (30 December 2022) -- UN experts* today denounced and called for an immediate reversal of the Taliban’s recent order barring women from working in international and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and supported a unified effort ... More >>
Libya: Alarming Levels Of Violence Against Women And Girls Must End, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 24 December 2022, 6:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 December 2022) – A UN human rights expert today called on the authorities in Libya to take urgent steps to protect all women and girls in the country from rampant violence and mistreatment, to fully implement prevention measures, and ensure ... More >>
Myanmar: Action Needed To Stop Carnage, Says UN Expert After Adoption Of Security Council Resolution
Friday, 23 December 2022, 5:42 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 December 2022) – While noting that the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution on Myanmar for the first time since a military coup nearly two years ago, Tom Andrews, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, ... More >>
Afghanistan: Taliban’s Outrageous Exclusion Of Women & Girls From Universities Is Disastrous For Everyone
Thursday, 22 December 2022, 7:55 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 December 2022) -- UN experts* today condemned in the strongest terms the latest decision of the Taliban that excludes women and girls from universities, a further violation of their human rights and the application of multiple irrational ... More >>
UK: UN Experts Condemn Attacks On Credibility Of Slavery And Trafficking Victims
Tuesday, 20 December 2022, 5:23 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 December 2022) – Demonising victims of trafficking and contemporary forms of slavery erodes public sympathy for measures to protect them and may lead to attacks on these groups by extremists, UN experts warned today, urging the United ... More >>
Israel: UN Experts Condemn Record Year Of Israeli Violence In The Occupied West Bank
Sunday, 18 December 2022, 5:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* condemned the rampant Israeli settler violence and excessive use of force by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank this year that have made 2022 the deadliest in this area of the ... More >>
Peru: Toxic Discharges Threaten The Health Of Millions And Right To Safe Drinking Water, Says UN Expert
Sunday, 18 December 2022, 5:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
LIMA/GENEVA (15 December 2022) – “The government of Peru must address the poisoning of water. Toxic and heavy metals discharges are undermining the health and right to safe drinking water of ten million Peruvians and risking the health of future ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Experts Call On The Taliban To Immediately Halt Public Floggings And Executions
Saturday, 17 December 2022, 1:20 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 December 2022) -- UN experts are deeply aggrieved about a public execution and that flogging has resumed in Afghanistan and call on the de facto authorities to halt immediately all forms of torturous, cruel and degrading forms of punishments. ... More >>
UN Expert On Gender Identity Calls On Scottish Parliament To Adopt Gender Recognition Reform Bill
Saturday, 17 December 2022, 1:15 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 December 2022) – The UN human rights expert on gender identity urged the Scottish Government to complete its deliberations and adopt the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, bringing the Scottish system closer into line with its international ... More >>
UK: Flawed Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ Bill Flagrantly Contravenes Rights Obligations, Say UN Experts
Friday, 16 December 2022, 8:20 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 December 2022) – UN experts* warned that proposed legislation now before the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) fails to comply with the State’s obligation to investigate serious human rights violations ... More >>
Comprehensive Anti-discrimination Legislation Must Be A Priority: UN Experts Ahead Of Universal Declaration Anniversary
Friday, 9 December 2022, 7:13 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 December 2022) – Independent United Nations experts today urged all UN member states to prioritise enacting, enforcing and implementing anti-discrimination legislation, as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights released new ... More >>
