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UN Experts Urge President Of Zimbabwe To Reject Bill Restricting Civic Space
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 9:20 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 February 2023) – UN experts* today urged Zimbabwe’s President to reject enacting a bill that would severely restrict civic space and the right to freedom of association in the country. The experts expressed deep concern that the ... More >>
UN Experts Say Israel Should Be Held Accountable For Acts Of ‘Domicide’
Tuesday, 14 February 2023, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 February 2023) – The international community must take action to stop systematic and deliberate housing demolition and sealing, arbitrary displacement and forced evictions of Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank, UN experts* ... More >>
Genuine Solidarity With Earthquake Survivors Calls For Lifting Of Sanction-induced Restrictions: UN Experts
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 February 2023): Extending their heartfelt support to the people of Türkiye and Syria, UN experts* today urged the international community to take prompt action to enable effective emergency response and recovery in the wake of catastrophic earthquakes ... More >>
Denmark And Greenland: UN Expert Calls For Greater Effort To Create Inclusive Societies
Saturday, 11 February 2023, 6:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 February 2023) – A UN expert* today called on the Governments of Denmark and Greenland to address the negative impact of colonial legacy that translates into structural and systematic racial discrimination against the Inuit People, as a key ... More >>
Italy: Criminalisation Of Human Rights Defenders Engaged In Sea-rescue Missions Must End, Says UN Expert
Friday, 10 February 2023, 5:51 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 February 2023) – A UN expert* today condemned the criminalisation and repression of human rights defenders involved in sea-rescue charities in Italy, ahead of the trial of NGO crew members in Sicily. “The ongoing proceedings against human ... More >>
Latvia: UN Experts Concerned About Severe Curtailment Of Minority Language Education
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 6:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 February 2023) – Recent legislative changes in Latvia to limit education in the country’s minority languages are contrary to human rights standards and could constitute discrimination, UN experts* said today. In 2022, Latvia formulated ... More >>
China: UN Experts Alarmed By Separation Of 1M Tibetan Children From Families; Forced Assimilation At Residential Schools
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 7:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 February 2023) – Around a million children of the Tibetan minority were being affected by Chinese government policies aimed at assimilating Tibetan people culturally, religiously and linguistically through a residential school system, UN ... More >>
Spain: UN Experts Demand Investigation Into Alleged Spying Programme Targeting Catalan Leaders
Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 February 2023) – Spanish authorities must thoroughly investigate reports that Pegasus and Candiru spyware was used to target Catalan public figures and activists in Spain following the independence bid in 2017, UN experts* said today. Between ... More >>
UN Experts Commend IOC For Considering Admission Of Russian And Belarusian Athletes As Neutral Contestants
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 6:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2023) – UN experts* today commended the International Olympic Committee for considering allowing individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to take part in international sports competitions as neutral athletes. “We urge the ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Report Highlights Junta's Fraudulent Claim To Legitimacy, Urges States To Denounce 2023 ‘Sham’ Elections
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 6:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / NEW YORK (31 January 2023) – Myanmar’s junta—the State Administration Council (SAC)—is illegal and illegitimate, the UN human rights expert on Myanmar said today. He called for the international community to deny the SAC legitimacy, ... More >>
Mali: UN Calls For Independent Investigation Into Possible International Crimes Committed By Govt Forces & Wagner Group
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 6:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (31 January 2023) – UN experts* today called for an immediate independent investigation into gross human rights abuses and possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Mali by Government forces and the private military contractor ... More >>
UK: Discrimination Against People Of African Descent Is Structural, Institutional And Systemic, Say UN Experts
Sunday, 29 January 2023, 6:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
LONDON/GENEVA (27 January 2023) – Racism in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is structural, institutional and systemic, UN experts* said today, warning that people of African descent in the country continue to encounter ... More >>
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 >>
