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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 >>
Madagascar: Combat Dangerous Myths And Poverty To End Attacks Against People With Albinism, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 6:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 October 2022) – A UN expert has called for urgent action to combat attacks against persons with albinism including murders and mutilations, which are spiking in Madagascar as dangerous myths and poverty persist. Babies and children remain ... More >>
Ethiopia: Critical Moment To Strengthen Fight Against Trafficking In The Tigray, Afar, And Amhara
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 October 2022) – Women and girls in the Tigray, Afar and Amhar are increasingly vulnerable to abduction and trafficking for sexual exploitation as they flee the conflict in Northern Ethiopia, UN experts* warned today. The protracted armed conflict ... More >>
UN Expert Praises Older Women’s Resilience In The Face Of Ongoing Emergency Challenges
Saturday, 1 October 2022, 5:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Day of Older Persons 1 October 2022 GENEVA (30 September 2022) – Ahead of the International Day of Older Persons on 1 October, Claudia Mahler, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, said States should ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Demand Stay Of Execution For Two Women, Including LGBT Activist
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 6:32 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 September 2022) – Iran must immediately halt the executions of two women sentenced to death in relation to their support for the human rights of LGBT people, UN experts* said today. Iranian judicial authorities prosecuted human rights ... More >>
Tourism Rethink Needed To Protect Children Vulnerable To Exploitation: UN Expert
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:52 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
World Tourism Day, 27 September 2022 GENEVA (27 September 2022) – As the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and navigates the climate crisis, rethinking tourism must be a priority to ensure all children are protected from forced labour, ... More >>
Portugal: Accelerate Rights-based Climate And Environmental Action, Says UN Expert
Wednesday, 28 September 2022, 6:42 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
LISBON/GENEVA (27 September 2022) -- Portugal’s global leadership in recognising the human right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment needs to be matched by urgent, accelerated actions to address the climate emergency, a UN expert said ... More >>
Ireland: UN Experts Call For Adequate Redress For Systemic Racism And Racial Discrimination In Childcare Institutions
Saturday, 24 September 2022, 6:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 September 2022) – UN human rights experts said they are concerned over the lack of adequate redress for victims of racial discrimination and systemic racism in Irish childcare institutions between the 1940s and 1990s. While welcoming the ... More >>
Women’s And Girls’ Reproductive Choices Must Be Respected, UN Experts Say
Saturday, 24 September 2022, 5:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 September 2022) – States must ensure the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health for all, including the right to sexual and reproductive health, without discrimination, as well as access to contraceptives, UN experts said. ... More >>
Brazil: UN Experts Call For Peaceful Elections
Friday, 23 September 2022, 6:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 September 2022) – UN experts today urged authorities, candidates and political parties in Brazil to ensure upcoming general elections are peaceful and election-related violence is prevented. Threats, intimidation and political violence, ... More >>
Maldives: Bridge Gender Gaps To Accelerate Progress, Say UN Experts
Friday, 23 September 2022, 6:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
MALE/GENEVA (22 September 2022) – UN experts applauded the Maldives’ strong commitment to gender equality in law and policy, which they would like to see translated into practice. Maldives is at a tipping point as a fragile democracy in the face ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Demand Accountability For Death Of Mahsa Amini, Call For End To Violence Against Women
Friday, 23 September 2022, 5:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 September 2022) – UN experts* today strongly condemned the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after her arrest for allegedly failing to comply with Iran’s strict rules on women’s dress by wearing an “improper ... More >>
Pakistan: UN Experts Call For More International Solidarity With Flood Victims
Thursday, 22 September 2022, 5:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 September 2022) – Several UN human rights experts have called on States to step up their assistance to monsoon flood victims in Pakistan and ensure that international recovery efforts are guided by human rights law and standards. One ... More >>
