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Syria: UN Experts Profoundly Concerned For Missing And Injured Children After January Attack On ISIL Prison
Saturday, 2 April 2022, 6:17 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 April 2022) - UN human rights experts today expressed profound concerns for the physical, mental, educational and overall medical welfare of children arbitrarily held in detention centres in northeast Syria, as well as those children who appear ... More >>
Brazil: UN Expert Visit To Assess Peaceful Assembly And Association Rights
Saturday, 26 March 2022, 6:52 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 March 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule, will conduct an official visit to Brazil from 28 March to 8 April 2022. Voule will focus on the facilitation ... More >>
Israel’s 55-year Occupation Of Palestinian Territory Is Apartheid – UN Human Rights Expert
Saturday, 26 March 2022, 6:42 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 March 2022) – A UN expert called today on the international community to accept and adopt the findings in his current report , echoing recent findings by Palestinian, Israeli and international human rights organisations, that apartheid ... More >>
Colombia: UN Expert Says Killings Of Nasa Indigenous Human Rights Defenders, Including Children, Must Stop Immediately
Friday, 25 March 2022, 7:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 March 2022) - Killings, attacks and threats against indigenous human rights defenders working to defend their territory must be prevented and effectively investigated by the Colombian authorities, a UN human rights expert* said today. ... More >>
Afghanistan: UN Experts Condemn Taliban Decision To Deny Girls Secondary Education
Friday, 25 March 2022, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the decision by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to postpone the resumption of schooling for girls above grade six, saying the announcement flies in the face of multiple ... More >>
Peru: Fujimori Release Undermines Access To Justice For Victims – UN Experts
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 7:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* have expressed dismay at the Peru Constitutional Court’s decision to restore a presidential pardon and to release former president Alberto Fujimori, saying it represents an unacceptable regression ... More >>
UN Expert: Myanmar People Betrayed With ‘Vague Declarations’ And ‘Tedious, Endless Wait’ For Action
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 7:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
War crimes, crimes against humanity committed daily, says Tom Andrews GENEVA (21 March 2022) – In the face of what he described as war crimes and crimes against humanity in Myanmar, a UN human rights expert today said the victims of these crimes ... More >>
DPRK: Further Isolation Offers No Solutions To Dire Human Rights Situation, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 March 2022) – The international community must step up to the challenge of reviving engagement with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to address serious human rights violations, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council today, ... More >>
Ukraine: UN Expert Warns Of Global Famine, Urges End To Russia Aggression
Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 March 2022) - The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri, said Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused profound rates of hunger in the country, and raises the risk of higher rates of hunger in Russia, and may cause ... More >>
Iran: Fundamental Legal And Institutional Reforms Needed To Curb Impunity, Says UN Expert
Friday, 18 March 2022, 6:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 March 2022) –A UN expert called today for fundamental reforms to the legal and institutional frameworks in the Islamic Republic of Iran to address persistent impunity. “A system of accountability is a fundamental condition for the respect ... More >>
Housing: Segregation Continues To Undermine Human Rights, Says UN Expert
Friday, 18 March 2022, 6:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 March 2022) – Addressing spatial segregation and its consequences is an important facet in the current debate on racial justice and equality, and critical to advancing equitable, sustainable development and ensuring community resiliency, ... More >>
Ukraine: Armed Conflict & Displacement Heightens Risks Of All Forms Of Sexual Violence Including Trafficking In Persons
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 7:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA/NEW YORK (16 March 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Siobhán Mullally, the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, and the UN ... More >>
Ukraine: UN Expert Says War Against Multi-ethnic Population Must Stop, Calls For Protection Of All Minorities
Thursday, 17 March 2022, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 March 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, today expressed grave concerns about the situation of minorities in the context of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the treatment of minorities ... More >>
UN Expert Calls On States To Ensure Accountability, Transparency And Access To Sites Of Secret Detention
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 7:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 March 2022) – A UN human rights expert today called on States to ensure that the post 9/11 legacy of secret detention, rendition and torture is not forgotten and its ongoing consequences are tackled head on. In a report to the Human Rights ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Bangladesh To End Reprisals Against Human Rights Defenders And Relatives Of The Disappeared
Tuesday, 15 March 2022, 7:21 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called on Bangladesh to immediately cease reprisals against human rights defenders and relatives of forcibly disappeared persons for their activism and co-operation with international human ... More >>
At The Heart Of The Struggle: Human Rights Defenders Fight Corruption
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 March 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, today urged States to find the political will to protect human rights defenders exposing corruption. “Corruption is fundamentally a human ... More >>
Unless States Start “Walking Their Talk” The Torture Ban Will Remain “Pie In The Sky” – UN Expert
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 6:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 March 2022) – A UN expert today warned the Human Rights Council that governments in all regions of the world still routinely fail to implement the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. Taking stock during his sixth and final year ... More >>
Russia: UN Experts Alarmed By ‘Choking’ Information Clampdown
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 6:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 March 2022) - Russia’s recent adoption of a punitive “fake war news” law is an alarming move by the government to gag and blindfold an entire population, UN human rights experts* said today. On 4 March, the Russian Parliament adopted amendments ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For A “Practical Approach” To Stop Sale And Sexual Exploitation Of Children
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 7:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 March 2022) - A UN human rights expert has called for concrete steps to stop the sale and sexual exploitation of children, and adopt a practical approach to effectively implement policies and laws designed to prevent the crimes and protect ... More >>
Ukraine: Protecting Life Must Be A Priority - UN Human Rights Experts
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 7:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 March 2022) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation to immediately end its invasion of Ukraine to avoid further bloodshed and loss of life. The experts said intentional attacks against civilians and civilian objects ... More >>
