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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 >>
Mongolia Has Taken Significant Steps To Protect Against Arbitrary Detention; Vital To Continue The Work, UN Experts Say
Saturday, 15 October 2022, 6:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
ULAANBAATAR/GENEVA (14 October 2022) – The Mongolian justice system has progressed significantly towards protection against arbitrary detention but it is important not to stop, as further measures are needed if rights are to be fully respected, ... More >>
Japan: Support For Those Displaced By Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Must Be Unconditional, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 5:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 October 2022) – A UN expert has urged the Japanese government to give unqualified, human rights and needs-based support to the more than 30,000 people still displaced 11 years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.That approach ... More >>
UN Experts Call For Immediate Release Of Jailed Nobel Winner And Other Rights Defenders In Belarus
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 5:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 October 2022) - UN experts* today reiterated calls for the release of Ales Bialiatski after the Nobel Committee’s decision to symbolically award him the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize for his fearless work promoting human rights in Belarus. ... More >>
Leave No Child Behind: States Must Step Up Efforts To Combat Sale And Sexual Exploitation Of Children Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 11 October 2022, 5:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (7 October 2022) – States must strive to address the vulnerabilities of children to sale and sexual exploitation within the framework of the 2030 Agenda to usher in a world where no child is left behind, a UN expert told the General Assembly ... More >>
Egypt: UN Experts Alarmed By Restrictions On Civil Society Ahead Of Climate Summit
Saturday, 8 October 2022, 5:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 October 2022) - Egypt must ensure the safety and full participation of all parts of civil society at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP27) in November, UN human rights experts* said, after a ... More >>
Slovenia: More Ambitious Environmental Action Key To Protect Human Rights, Says UN Expert
Friday, 7 October 2022, 5:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
LJUBLJANA/GENEVA (6 October 2022) – Slovenia is a global leader in recognising the right to a healthy environment, but faces challenges in protecting this right, such as toxic pollution hotspots, lack of access to safe drinking water for vulnerable ... More >>
UN Debt Expert Urges Argentina To Maximise Resources To Uphold Human Rights And Prevent Regression
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BUENOS AIRES (5 October 20022) – Argentina has shown resilience in the face of a chronic debt situation over the past 40 years as the country journeyed towards democracy, upholding of human rights and the strengthening of its social services, ... More >>
Climate Change Is A Threat Multiplier For Women And Girls: UN Expert
Thursday, 6 October 2022, 5:51 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (5 October 2022) – Climate change and environmental degradation are escalating the risk and prevalence of violence against women and girls across the world, a UN expert warned. “Climate change is the most consequential threat multiplier for ... More >>
