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Mexico: Government And Business Must Address Negative Impacts Of Train Maya Project, Say UN Experts
Friday, 9 December 2022, 7:08 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 December 2022) – UN experts said today they were concerned the 1,500-kilometre Train Maya project on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula was endangering the rights of indigenous peoples and other communities to land and natural resources, cultural ... More >>
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: Urgent Need To Protect Nature And Human Rights, Say UN Experts
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 6:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 December 2022) – In order to realise a “world living in harmony with nature” by 2050, UN experts today called on States to ensure that the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is centred on human rights. “Healthy biodiversity ... More >>
Israeli Deportation Order Against French-Palestinian Activist Salah Hammouri Could Constitute War Crime: UN Experts
Monday, 5 December 2022, 5:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 December 2022) – Israel’s decision to deport French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer Salah Hammouri to France against his will may constitute a war crime under the Geneva Convention, UN experts* warned today. On 30 November ... More >>
Iran Must Immediately Release Critically Ill Human Rights Defender Arash Sadeghi: UN Experts
Saturday, 3 December 2022, 5:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 December 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed alarm over the deteriorating health situation of jailed human rights defender Arash Sadeghi and called for his immediate release from prison. Arash Sadeghi, who has been arrested ... More >>
Myanmar: Over 50,000 Exposed To Forced Evictions And Housing Destruction, Say UN Experts
Saturday, 3 December 2022, 5:12 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 December 2022) - The Myanmar Military is forcibly evicting over 50,000 people from informal settlements and systematically destroying homes in a fundamental violation of core human rights obligations, UN experts said today. More than 40,000 ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: UN Experts Call For Immediate Moratorium On Executions For Drug Offences
Friday, 2 December 2022, 5:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 December 2022) – UN experts* said today they were concerned a 57- year-old Jordanian citizen may soon be executed for drug offences that do not meet the threshold for “most serious crimes” and continued to recommend the Government of Saudi ... More >>
Argentina’s Pending Debt Is The Effective Investigation And Prevention Of All Unlawful Deaths: UN Expert
Sunday, 27 November 2022, 6:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BUENOS AIRES/GENEVA (25 November 2022) – Argentina’s exemplary democratic and human rights achievements are in contrast to persistent – and mostly invisible – institutional violence resulting in deaths, a UN expert said today. “I urge ... More >>
Afghanistan: Latest Taliban Treatment Of Women And Girls May Be Crime Against Humanity, Say UN Experts
Sunday, 27 November 2022, 5:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 November 2022) – UN experts* today said the latest actions by Taliban de facto authorities targeting women and girls deepen existing flagrant violations of their human rights and freedoms that are already the most draconian globally and ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Republic Of Korea To Play Enhanced Leadership Role To Address Myanmar Crisis
Tuesday, 22 November 2022, 7:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
SEOUL/GENEVA (21 November 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar today urged the Republic of Korea (ROK) to take even stronger action to help reverse the international community’s failure to address the crisis ... More >>
Iran: Stop Sentencing Peaceful Protesters To Death, Say UN Experts
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 5:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 November 2022) -- UN experts* today urged Iranian authorities to stop indicting people with charges punishable by death for participation, or alleged participation, in peaceful demonstrations. Eight people were charged on 29 October by the Islamic ... More >>
UN Experts Call For Immediate Release Of Alaa Abdel Fattah
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 5:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 November 2022) – UN experts* today joined the growing chorus of human rights voices expressing fears for the life of Egyptian blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and demanding his release. The experts reiterated their concern about ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For Lifting Of Long-lasting Unilateral Sanctions ‘Suffocating’ Syrian People
Saturday, 12 November 2022, 4:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
DAMASCUS/GENEVA (10 November) – UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights Alena Douhan today urged sanctioning States to lift unilateral sanctions against Syria, warning that they were perpetuating and exacerbating the destruction ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: Allow Immediate Contact With Human Rights Defender Held Incommunicado, UN Expert Urges
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 6:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 November 2022) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders said today she is increasingly concerned for the health, and life, of imprisoned Saudi human rights defender Mohammad Al-Qahtani, who is reportedly being kept incommunicado ... More >>
Bangladesh: Protect Victims Of Trafficking, Especially Within The Country, Says UN Expert
Thursday, 10 November 2022, 6:51 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
DHAKA (9 November 2022) – A UN human rights expert today called on Bangladesh to step up efforts to prevent trafficking in persons, especially for purposes of sexual exploitation, child marriage, and forced labour, and urged authorities to ... More >>
Türkiye: UN Experts Call For Release And End Of Judicial Harassment Of Anti-torture Expert
Wednesday, 9 November 2022, 6:58 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 November 2022) – UN experts* today called on Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation to intimidate human rights defenders and immediately release recently detained Sebnem Korur Fincancı, a recognised forensic medical practitioner ... More >>
Brazil: UN Experts Urge New Government To Target Violence Against Women And Girls, Repeal Parental Alienation Law
Saturday, 5 November 2022, 5:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 November 2022) – UN experts today urged Brazil’s new government to axe a ‘parental alienation’ law that can lead to discrimination against women and girls, particularly in family court custody battles. Following the conclusion ... More >>
COP27: Urgent Need To Respect Human Rights In All Climate Change Action, Say UN Experts
Saturday, 5 November 2022, 5:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 November 2022) – UN independent experts* today called on States to fully integrate human rights standards and principles in negotiations during the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ( COP27) starting ... More >>
Dismantling Israel’s Illegal Occupation Is A Sine Qua Non For Palestinian Right To Self-determination: UN Expert
Friday, 28 October 2022, 6:17 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (27 October 2022) – Israel’s occupation is illegal and indistinguishable from settler-colonialism, which must end as a pre-condition for the Palestinians to exercise their right to self-determination, the UN’s independent expert on the ... More >>
Chad: Experts Alarmed By Lethal Use Of Force Against Protesters And Call For De-escalation
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 6:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 October 2022) - UN and African Union independent experts* today condemned the lethal repression of peaceful protests over Chad’s extended political transition period and called for de-escalation of tensions. On 20 October, hundreds of people ... More >>
Sudan: Justice For Repression Against Anti-coup Protesters Key To Breaking Cycle Of Violence And Political Turmoil
Wednesday, 26 October 2022, 5:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* today demanded effective accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against the October 2021 military coup in Sudan. To break the country’s cycle of turmoil, they also called ... More >>
