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Ukraine: Protection And Participation Of Women Is Essential, Say UN Human Rights Experts
Saturday, 5 March 2022, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 March 2022) - As the international community mobilises to respond to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine, it is essential to ensure the protection of women and ensure their full participation in any response, UN human rights experts* ... More >>
Ukraine: Aged And Those With Disabilities Face Heightened Risks, Say UN Experts
Saturday, 5 March 2022, 6:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 March 2022) – UN human rights experts today called for the protection of those with disabilities and older people caught up in the violence in Ukraine, saying they face heightened risk of injury and abuses, as they do not want or are ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Experts Call For Swift Suspension Of Prevention Of Terrorism Act And Reform Of Counter-Terrorism Law
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* have called for an immediate moratorium on the use of Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), and urged the Government to substantively review and revise the legislation to comply with international human ... More >>
Indonesia: UN Experts Sound Alarm On Serious Papua Abuses, Call For Urgent Aid
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 March 2022) - UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights situation in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, citing shocking abuses against indigenous Papuans, including child ... More >>
BRIEFING NOTES: (1) Ukraine Civilian Casualties; (2) Russia; (3) Belarus
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 6:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Liz Throssell Location: Geneva Date: 01 March 2022 Subject: (1) Ukraine civilian casualties (2) Russia (3) Belarus 1) ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Iran To Abandon Restrictive Internet Bill
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 6:51 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 March 2022) - Two UN experts have called on the Government of Iran to abandon its efforts to enact a new law that would effectively isolate the country from the global internet. The Iranian Parliament may soon ratify the “Regulatory ... More >>
UN Experts Call For End To Russian Aggression Against Ukraine And Urgent Protection Of Human Rights
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 8:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today called on the Russian Federation to immediately end its aggression against Ukraine and call off its unnecessary and unprovoked military attack. They issue the following statement: “We are collectively ... More >>
Madagascar: UN Experts Urge Protection For People With Albinism Amid Attacks
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 6:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today urged Madagascar to take immediate action to protect people with albinism amid reports of ongoing attacks and killings in the country. “People with albinism are living in fear and will ... More >>
Peru: UN Experts Applaud ‘El Ojo Que Llora’ Memorial, Warn Against ‘Denialist’ Violence
Thursday, 24 February 2022, 8:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 February 2022) - UN experts* today welcomed the cultural heritage status bestowed on Lima’s "El Ojo que Llora" (The Eye That Cries) monument, built in memory of the thousands of victims from Peru’s decades-long period of ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Treaty To Address ‘Plastic Tide’
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 7:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 February 2022) – UN human rights experts* today urged the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment, to address the growing plastic tide and kick-start international negotiations on ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Urges Security Council Resolution To Stop Weapons Fueling Spike In Military Attacks On Civilians
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 7:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
New report reveals weapons transfers to military junta by UN Member States GENEVA (22 February 2022) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, issued a report to the UN Human Rights Council today that ... More >>
India: Attacks Against Woman Journalist Rana Ayyub Must Stop - UN Experts
Tuesday, 22 February 2022, 6:41 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 February 2022) – Relentless misogynistic and sectarian attacks online against journalist Rana Ayyub must be promptly and thoroughly investigated by the Indian authorities and the judicial harassment against her brought to an end at once, ... More >>
Cambodia: Stifling New Measures Against Striking Workers Are ‘Unjustified’ – UN Human Rights Experts
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 7:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 February 2022) – UN human rights experts* today criticised an ongoing COVID-19 quarantine imposed on striking casino workers in Cambodia, saying authorities must not disguise a crackdown on peaceful and lawful labour action as a public health ... More >>
Poland: Human Rights Defenders Face Threats And Intimidation At Belarus Border – UN Experts
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 February 2022) – Poland must investigate all allegations of harassment of human rights defenders, including media workers and interpreters, at the border with Belarus, and grant access to journalists and humanitarian workers to the border ... More >>
Bangladesh: “Appalling And Pervasive Culture Of Impunity” For Killings Of Journalists – UN Experts
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 6:52 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 February 2022) – On the 10th anniversary of the murder of prominent journalists Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi, UN human rights experts* have expressed their deep concern at the failure of the Bangladeshi authorities to complete ... More >>
UN Expert On Human Rights In DPRK To Visit South Korea
Saturday, 12 February 2022, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 February 2022) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Tomás Ojea Quintana, will conduct an official visit to South Korea from 15 to 23 February to meet South Korean Government ... More >>
Canada: UN Experts Call For Urgent Repatriation Of Seriously Ill Woman From Syria Camp
Friday, 11 February 2022, 7:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* have called on Canada to urgently repatriate from Syria a woman who has life threatening illnesses, and who is being held at a camp under conditions meeting the threshold of torture, cruel, ... More >>
Sweden: Open Pit Mine Will Endanger Indigenous Lands And The Environment – UN Experts
Friday, 11 February 2022, 7:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 February 2022) - UN human rights experts* today urged Sweden not to issue a licence for an iron-ore mine in the Gaìllok region, home of the indigenous Saìmi people, saying the open-pit mine will generate vast amounts of pollution and toxic ... More >>
Mali: UN Expert To Conduct Human Rights Visit Amid Growing Tensions
Saturday, 5 February 2022, 6:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 February 2022) - The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, will conduct an official visit to the country from 8 to 17 February. “I am extremely concerned about the continuing deterioration of the geopolitical ... More >>
Tunisia Urged To Repatriate Six Young Women And Children Held In Syrian Camps
Friday, 4 February 2022, 6:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 February 2022) - UN human rights experts have called on Tunisia to urgently repatriate six women and girls, aged between 3 and 22 years, who are being held in inhumane conditions at Al-Hol and al-Amarnah camps in northeast Syria. In 2014, four ... More >>
