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UN Expert Calls For International Fund To Help Recovery Of Climate Change-affected States
Friday, 16 September 2022, 5:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
DHAKA/GENEVA (15 September 2022) – Bangladesh should not have to carry the burden of climate change alone, a UN expert said today, calling for an international fund to help the South Asian country to recover from the impacts of extreme weather events. ... More >>
Over-compliance With Secondary Sanctions Adversely Impacts Human Rights Of Millions Globally: UN Expert
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 5:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 September 2022) – A proliferation of secondary sanctions has resulted in a growing fear of sanctions and over-compliance with unilateral sanction regimes, leading to serious adverse effects on the human rights of millions of people around ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Recognition And Guarantees For Indigenous Peoples’ Rights To Water
Thursday, 15 September 2022, 5:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 September 2022) – Facing the water crisis, the world could learn much from the management practices of indigenous peoples, a UN expert said today. In a report to the Human Rights Council, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights ... More >>
Mexico: UN Expert Urges Law To Protect Internally Displaced Persons' Human Rights
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 September 2022) – A UN expert has urged the Mexican government to legislate human rights guarantees for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and to allocate adequate funding for their protection and durable solutions. After ending her visit to Mexico, ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Expert Warns Human Rights Crisis Presages Authoritarianism
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 6:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 September 2022) – Afghanistan faces a deepening human rights crisis under Taliban rule that is leading to authoritarianism, a UN expert warned today. In his first report to the Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation ... More >>
Xinjiang Report: China Must Address Grave Human Rights Violations & The World Must Not Turn A Blind Eye, Say UN Experts
Thursday, 8 September 2022, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 September 2022) – Independent UN experts* said today that profound concerns over systematic human rights violations and their widespread effect on individuals and minorities in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region cannot, and should ... More >>
Freedom Of Communication And Correspondence Endangered By Unilateral Postal Disruptions: UN Experts
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 5:48 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 September 2022) – UN experts today expressed concern that the decision to cut lines of communication and correspondence to and from Russia and Belarus following unilateral sanctions were depriving people in the two countries of postal exchanges ... More >>
Mexico Should Overturn Mandatory Pre-trial Detention: UN Experts
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 6:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (5 September 2022) -- The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention urgently calls on Mexico to abolish mandatory pre-trial detention, also known as “automatic preventive detention”, enshrined in the Constitution. “Mandatory ... More >>
Malaysia: UN Experts Denounce Gender-discriminatory Citizenship Law
Tuesday, 6 September 2022, 5:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (5 September 2022) – UN experts* today denounced a recent court decision in Malaysia that denied women the same rights as men to automatically confer citizenship to their children, saying affected women are less likely to leave abusive relationships ... More >>
Chile: Referendum Presents Unique Opportunity To Recognise The Right To Housing In New Constitution
Sunday, 4 September 2022, 6:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 September 2022) – Chile’s referendum for a new constitution on Sunday will provide an opportunity to recognise the right to adequate housing in its domestic legal order, a UN expert said today. “The referendum gives Chile a unique opportunity ... More >>
United States: UN Expert Warns LGBT Rights Being Eroded, Urges Stronger Safeguards
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 5:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
WASHINGTON D.C. (30 August 2022) – A UN expert says the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT) people are being deliberately undermined by some state governments in the United States and has urged the Biden administration ... More >>
UN Experts Urge More Action To Ensure Dignity, Equity, Justice For Migrants, Refugees, Asylum Seekers Of African Descent
Wednesday, 31 August 2022, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Day for People of African Descent 31 August 2022 GENEVA (30 August 2022) – In a statement to mark the International Day for People of African Descent, UN experts said States must do more to combat the multiple forms of discrimination ... More >>
UN Expert Proposes Human Rights Reform Agenda For Cambodia
Saturday, 27 August 2022, 5:12 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 August 2022) – A UN expert has issued a 10-point human rights agenda to improve the human rights situation in Cambodia, open up civil and political space and pave the way for democratic reform, during his first official visit to the country. ... More >>
Kiribati: UN Expert Says Attempts To Deport High Court Judge Undermine Judicial Independence
Friday, 26 August 2022, 5:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 August 2022) – Diego García-Sayán, UN Special Rapporteur on independence of judges and lawyers today expressed grave concern for one of Kiribati’s most senior judges, David Lambourne, who was detained by immigration authorities after ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Israeli Suppression Of Palestinian Human Rights Organisations
Thursday, 25 August 2022, 6:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 August 2022) - UN experts* today condemned Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, after the Israeli army broke into the offices of seven Palestinian human rights and humanitarian groups ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For Action Against Myanmar Military On Anniversary Of Atrocities Against Rohingya
Thursday, 25 August 2022, 6:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 August 2022) – Five years after Myanmar forces began a genocidal attack against Rohingya men, women and children in Rakhine State, a UN expert today urged the international community to redouble its efforts to hold perpetrators accountable ... More >>
Sierra Leone: End Impunity For Female Genital Mutilation, Say UN Experts
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 7:31 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called for stronger measures to prevent and penalise female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone, following criminal proceedings about the death of a 21-year-old student who was subject to the brutal ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Alarmed By Escalating Religious Persecution
Tuesday, 23 August 2022, 5:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 August 2022) – UN experts* today called on Iranian authorities to stop persecution and harassment of religious minorities and end the use of religion to curtail the exercise of fundamental rights. “We are deeply concerned at the increasing ... More >>
United States Of America: UN Expert To Assess Human Rights Of LGBT Persons
Wednesday, 17 August 2022, 6:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 August 2022) –The UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, will visit the United States of America from 16 to 29 August 2022. “The visit provides ... More >>
Mali: UN Expert Gravely Concerned By Deterioration Of Security And Human Rights Situation
Tuesday, 16 August 2022, 5:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 August) – A UN expert today welcomed steps taken to restore constitutional order and a return to civilian rule in Mali, but expressed grave concerns about the resurgence of extremist violence and a rapidly deteriorating human rights situation ... More >>
