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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 >>
Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Experts Warn Of Bleak Future Without Massive Turnaround
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 6:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 August 2022) – UN experts* today said the international community must dramatically step up efforts to urge de facto authorities to adhere to basic human rights principles, warning that Afghanistan's future is bleak if more is not done ... More >>
Ukraine: UN Experts Sound Alarm On Situation Of Children With Disabilities
Friday, 12 August 2022, 6:17 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today expressed concern about the situation of children with disabilities in Ukraine placed in institutions and being displaced to other institutional settings either within Ukraine or further ... More >>
Belarus: UN Experts Denounce Withdrawal From Aarhus Convention
Thursday, 11 August 2022, 6:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today denounced a decision by Belarus to withdraw from an international agreement that implements the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. On 18 July, President Aleksandr ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Human Rights Experts Condemn Repeated Use Of Emergency Measures To Crackdown On Protests
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 5:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 August 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the extensive, prolonged and repeated use of state of emergency measures since 2 April 2022 by Sri Lankan authorities to crackdown on peaceful protesters and prevent them from voicing ... More >>
States Must Ensure Leadership Roles For Indigenous Women: UN Experts
Tuesday, 9 August 2022, 5:41 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples 9 August 2022 States must ensure leadership roles for indigenous women: UN experts GENEVA (8 August 2022) – The preservation of indigenous peoples’ communities, values and ways of life depend ... More >>
Central African Republic: UN Expert Calls For End To Impunity, Urges Armed Groups To Lay Down Arms
Saturday, 6 August 2022, 6:10 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BANGUI/GENEVA (5 August 2022) - Armed groups in the Central African Republic (CAR) must lay down their arms and engage in political dialogue, a UN expert said today, urging the international community to strengthen efforts to restore State authority ... More >>
Colombia: Extreme Risks For Rights Defenders Who Challenge Corporate Activity
Friday, 5 August 2022, 6:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 August 2022) – Human rights defenders who raise concerns about business projects in Colombia are under serious threat, and the country's Government must do much more to protect them, UN experts* said today. “Serious threats, including ... More >>
UN Experts Call For International Investigation Into 2020 Beirut Explosion
Thursday, 4 August 2022, 5:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 August 2022) – UN experts* called on the Human Rights Council to launch an international investigation into the massive explosion in Beirut two years ago that killed more than 200 people and decimated a vast swath of the Lebanese capital ... More >>
Israel: Criminalisation And Harassment Of Human Rights Defenders In Masafer Yatta Must End, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 7:12 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 August 2022) – UN experts* today denounced Israel’s harassment of human rights defenders and humanitarian workers in the occupied West Bank hamlets of Masafer Yatta, as its communities continue to be threatened by risks of forcible ... More >>
Libya: UN Experts Demand Release Of Woman Detainee
Tuesday, 2 August 2022, 5:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 August 2022) – UN experts* today called for the immediate release of Iftikhar Boudra, a Libyan woman arrested in Benghazi four years ago, and demanded that authorities provide her with urgent medical treatment after she suffered various ... More >>
Nicaragua: UN Experts Denounce Arbitrary Shutdown Of Civil Society Organisations
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 5:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 July 2022) – The arbitrary shutdown of hundreds of civil society organisations in Nicaragua is deeply concerning and would have a chilling effect on activists and human rights defenders across the country, UN experts* warned today. In a letter ... More >>
Tunisia Must Improve Water Management And Ensure Access To Clean Supplies, UN Expert Says
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 5:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 July 2022) – Tunisia's Government must improve water network management and end the overexploitation of aquifiers in the country, issues that are growing more urgent in the context of global climate change and the need to ensure all people ... More >>
