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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 >>
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 >>
