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Lao Dam Disaster: UN Experts Decry Lack Of Progress For Survivors Four Years On
Saturday, 23 July 2022, 7:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 July 2022) – Four years since a dam failure in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic left at least 71 dead and thousands displaced and homeless, UN experts* have called on the Government and companies involved to explain why survivors continue ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Experts Sound Alarm On Economic Crisis
Friday, 22 July 2022, 6:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (20 July 2022) – Independent Experts* today expressed alarm about record high inflation, rising commodity prices, power shortages, crippling fuel crisis and the economic collapse in Sri Lanka, as the country grapples with unprecedented political ... More >>
Kenya: Civic Space And Respect Of Fundamental Freedoms Key To Peaceful Elections – UN Experts
Friday, 22 July 2022, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 July 2022) – UN experts today called on authorities, candidates and political parties in Kenya to foster an enabling environment for peaceful elections and prevent election-related violence, as the country prepares to hold general elections ... More >>
Kenya: UN Expert Hails Historic Ruling Awarding Reparations To Ogiek Indigenous Peoples
Monday, 18 July 2022, 8:37 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 July 2022) – A UN expert today hailed a decision by the African Court on Human and People’s Rights to award reparations to the Ogiek indigenous peoples for harms suffered from injustices and discrimination. The historic ruling on reparations ... More >>
South Africa On The Precipice Of Explosive Xenophobic Violence: UN Experts
Saturday, 16 July 2022, 7:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 July 2022) – UN experts* today condemned reports of escalating violence against foreign nationals in South Africa and called for accountability against xenophobia, racism and hate speech that were harming migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and even ... More >>
Botswana Must Urgently Embrace Further Safeguards Against Arbitrary Detention For All – UN Experts
Saturday, 16 July 2022, 7:14 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GABORONE (15 July 2022) – Botswana has made improvements on preventing and ending arbitrary deprivation of liberty, but significant challenges remain in further developing and implementing a legal framework, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said ... More >>
Tunisia: Presidential Decrees Undermine Judicial Independence And Access To Justice, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 16 July 2022, 7:12 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 July 2022) – A UN expert* today expressed grave concern about the right to fair trial and the status of the Judiciary in Tunisia, after President Kais Saied dissolved the High Judicial Council in February and summarily sacked 57 judges last ... More >>
UN Experts: Uruguay Must Step Up Search For Disappeared Persons And Fight Impunity
Saturday, 16 July 2022, 7:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA/MONTEVIDEO (15 July 2022) – Uruguay must end decades of impunity for human rights violations by stepping up efforts to search for disappeared persons and bring perpetrators to justice, a delegation of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary ... More >>
Iran: UN Expert Welcomes Historic Verdict In Universal Jurisdiction Case
Saturday, 16 July 2022, 6:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 July 2022) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Javaid Rehman today hailed the conviction of an Iranian official by a Swedish court for his involvement in summary executions and enforced ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Israel To Free Ahmad Manasra
Friday, 15 July 2022, 5:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 July 2022) - UN human rights experts* today urged the Government of Israel to immediately release Ahmad Manasra, a 20-year-old Palestinian detained in Israeli prisons since he was 14 years old, while suffering serious mental health conditions. ... More >>
Philippines: UN Expert Slams Court Decision Upholding Criminal Conviction Of Maria Ressa And Shutdown Of Media Outlets
Friday, 15 July 2022, 5:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 July 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan today condemned the Philippines Court of Appeal decision to uphold the 2020 ‘cyber libel’ conviction of Nobel Peace Prize winning journalist Maria Ressa. ... More >>
UN Expert To Assess Situation Of Migrants And Refugees In Poland And Belarus
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 5:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 July 2022) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, has started an official visit to Poland and Belarus. From 12 to 15 July and 21 to 25 July, he will be in Poland, assessing the ... More >>
Russia: UN Experts Condemn Civil Society Shutdown
Thursday, 14 July 2022, 5:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 July 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the continued and heightened crackdown on civil society groups, human rights defenders and media outlets by Russian authorities, and called on the Government to stop the clampdown ... More >>
Syria: UN Experts Urge Security Council To Prioritise Humanitarian Support
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:27 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 July 2022) – In view of the resolution on the situation in Syria to be adopted by United Nations Security Council members, a group of UN experts* have called on all relevant stakeholders to extend resolution 2585 (2021) on cross-border ... More >>
UN Experts Deplore Execution Of Malaysian National In Singapore
Saturday, 9 July 2022, 1:25 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 July 2022) – UN human rights experts* today deplored the execution of Kalwant Singh a/l Jogindar Singh, a Malaysian national convicted of drug offences in Singapore. Singh’s death sentence was enforced early in the morning on 7 July ... More >>
Unilateral Sanctions Threaten Scientific Research And Academic Freedom: UN Experts
Friday, 8 July 2022, 6:42 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 July 2022) – UN human rights experts* today raised concerns over expanding the application of unilateral sanctions into areas of scientific and academic research and publishing, after reports that academic research submitted by authors from sanctioned ... More >>
Brazil: UN Experts Decry Acts Of Racialised Police Brutality
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 6:10 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 July 2022) - Following the killing of at least 23 people by police over consecutive days, UN experts called on the Brazilian Government to adopt wide-ranging reforms to put an end to police violence, de-militarise all law enforcement agencies ... More >>
UN General Assembly Must Affirm Right To Healthy Environment: UN Experts
Thursday, 7 July 2022, 6:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 July 2022) – With the world embroiled in a multi-faceted environmental crisis, UN experts* today urged the United Nations General Assembly to recognise that living in a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a fundamental human ... More >>
Human Rights And Environmental Due Diligence Laws Crucial To Combat Irresponsible Business Activities – UN Expert
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 5:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 July 2022) – Rampant deforestation, chemical and plastic production, fossil fuel exploitation and other large-scale extractive activities by business entities are harming people and the planet, a UN expert said today, introducing a ... More >>
Mauritius: UN Expert Applauds Progress On Sale And Exploitation Of Children, Challenges Still Remain
Friday, 1 July 2022, 6:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
PORT LOUIS (30 June 2022) – Tackling poverty, social exclusion and segregation of children in marginalised communities is key to preventing them from falling victim of sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation, the UN Special Rapporteur on ... More >>
