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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 >>
Trafficking In Persons In Conflict Situations: The World Must Strengthen Prevention And Accountability
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 5:23 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 July 2022) – Ahead of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, a group of United Nations and regional human rights experts* raised serious concerns about the risks of trafficking for those displaced by conflict, including children. ... More >>
Singapore: UN Experts Call For Immediate Moratorium On Executions For Drug Offences
Saturday, 30 July 2022, 5:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 July 2022) – UN experts* today condemned the execution of Nazeri Bin Lajim, a 64-year-old Malay Singaporean national convicted of drug offenses and urged the Government of Singapore to halt plans to execute individuals on death row for ... More >>
Historic Day For Human Rights And A Healthy Planet: UN Expert
Friday, 29 July 2022, 6:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (28 July 2022) – A UN expert hailed the adoption of a historic resolution by the United Nations General Assembly today, recognising for the first time, that everyone, everywhere, has a human right to live in a clean, healthy and sustainable ... More >>
Mexico: UN Expert Calls For Measures To Stop Kidnappings Of Human Rights Defenders At US Border
Friday, 29 July 2022, 6:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 July 2022) – A UN expert today sounded the alarm that a Baptist pastor working to provide the basic needs of migrants on the Mexico-USA border was at high risk of attack or kidnapping. Pastor Lorenzo Ortiz was kidnapped for the first time, ... More >>
UN Expert Praises Generosity Towards Ukrainian Refugees By Poland And Urges Belarus And Poland To End Pushbacks
Friday, 29 July 2022, 6:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 July 2022) - Poland has offered a warm welcome for Ukrainian refugees but the reality for asylum seekers and migrants from other countries is starkly different, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales ... More >>
Türkiye: Stemming Tide Of Violence Against Women And Girls Should Be Priority, Says UN Expert
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 6:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / ANKARA (27 July 2022) – Despite significant progress that Türkiye has made over the last 15 years in advancing women’s rights, the country is now at a crossroads, and risks backtracking on its human rights obligations to protect women ... More >>
UN Experts Launch New Guidance For Businesses Working In Conflict-affected Regions
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 6:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 July 2022) – Doing business in conflict-affected areas means business enterprises have responsibilities to conduct heightened human rights due diligence and adopt a conflict-sensitive approach in all decisions impacting affected populations, ... More >>
UN Special Rapporteurs Appeal For Strong International Response In The Wake Of ‘Devastating’ Executions By Myanmar Junta
Tuesday, 26 July 2022, 6:10 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 July 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, and the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial summary or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, today condemned the Myanmar junta’s ... More >>
