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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 >>
Climate Change The Greatest Threat The World Has Ever Faced, UN Expert Warns
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 1:50 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (21 October 2022) – Human-induced climate change is the largest, most pervasive threat to the natural environment and societies the world has ever experienced, and the poorest countries are paying the heaviest price, a UN expert said. “Throughout ... More >>
Exposure To Toxic Substances A Form Of Environmental Violence Against Indigenous Peoples: UN Expert
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 5:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (21 October 2022) – Indigenous peoples exposed to hazardous substances are suffering a form of environmental violence that has caused deaths and endangered lives through loss of food sources and medicinal plants, forced displacement, birth ... More >>
Trillions Needed To Close Finance Gap On Sustainable Development Goals, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 5:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (21 October 2022) – A UN expert warned today that with the world approaching the halfway mark towards 2030, current trends show that almost all States will miss nearly all Sustainable Development Goals and targets. “Failing to achieve the Sustainable ... More >>
World More Violent And Unstable Because Of Inaction In Protecting Rights Of Minorities, UN Expert Warns
Saturday, 22 October 2022, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (21 October 2022) – The United Nations and the international community must show leadership to address inaction and negligence in the protection of minority rights, a UN expert told the General Assembly, warning that the lack of progress ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Israel’s ‘Sadistic’ Punitive Measures Against French-Palestinian Rights Defender Salah Hammouri
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 6:32 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 October 2022) -- UN independent experts have called on Israel to immediately release Salah Hammouri, an arbitrarily detained French-Palestinian human rights defender and lawyer, who has just ended a 19 day hunger strike in objection to the systematic ... More >>
States Must Address Impact Of Climate Change On Human Rights Of Migrants: UN Special Rapporteur
Thursday, 20 October 2022, 6:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (19 October 2022) – Climate change is an increasingly potent driver of migration that compels millions of people to leave their homes every year and requires decisive actions by States, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of migrants, ... More >>
Internally Displaced Must Have A Say In Development Decisions To Help Avoid Rights Abuse: UN Expert
Wednesday, 19 October 2022, 5:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (18 October 2022) – Expanding the participation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in decisions that affect them, including decisions related to development, is crucial to protecting one of the most vulnerable groups worldwide, a UN expert ... More >>
Peru: UN Experts Concerned That Criminalising Women Activists Will Silence Victims Of Sexual Harassment
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 6:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA ( 17 October 2022) – UN experts today expressed grave concern for the rights and liberty of Peruvian anthropologist and human rights defender Marcela Poirier Maruenda, who was convicted of an aggravated defamation crime earlier this year, ... More >>
Protect Freedom Of Expression As A Vital ‘Survival Right’ Of Civilians In Armed Conflict: UN Expert
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 6:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (17 October 2022) – The information environment has become a dangerous theatre of war in the digital age, Irene Khan, the Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression, told the General Assembly last ... More >>
Increase Benefits And Wages In Line With Inflation Or Lives Will Be Lost: UN Poverty Expert
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 4:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 October 2022) – As global inflation continues to sky-rocket, and prices of the most basic necessities become too high for millions to afford, the UN’s poverty expert has urged governments to index social benefits and wages to inflation. ... More >>
World Needs Leadership And Greater Political Will To Combat Torture Says New UN Expert
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 6:14 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (14 October 2022) – The world needs leadership and greater political will to combat torture, including everyday forms of inhuman treatment and punishment, the UN’s new expert on torture warned today. “The key to sustained and long-term ... More >>
Paraguay: Alarming Increase In Use Of Pesticides Compromises Human Rights Says UN Expert
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 6:12 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
ASUNCION/GENEVA (14 October 2022) The excessive use of pesticides in Paraguay is poisoning the country and seriously affecting the lives and health of its people, a UN expert said today. "Laws that control pesticides are not enforced in Paraguay. ... More >>
