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Italy: UN Rights Expert Laments Adverse Impact Of Industrialisation, Urges Measures To Redress Damage
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 7:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
ROME (13 December 2021) – A UN human rights expert today urged Italy to redress the adverse impacts on the enjoyment of human rights of decades of industrialisation, saying economic development and technological innovation should not come at the expense ... More >>
UN Myanmar Expert Visits Rohingya Camps In Bangladesh
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 December 2021) – The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today started his first mission, visiting Bangladesh from 13-19 December. “The world must not forget the roughly one million Rohingya from ... More >>
Bosnia And Herzegovina: Hate, Denial Of Genocide, War Crimes Glorification Must End – UN Expert
Saturday, 11 December 2021, 7:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
SARAJEVO (10 December 2021) – A UN expert today urged Bosnia and Herzegovina to prioritize the protection of human rights over divisive political agendas in transitional justice efforts to address the serious violations committed during 1992-1995 armed ... More >>
Pakistan: Victims Of Enforced Disappearance Should Not Be Discouraged From Lodging Complaints
Friday, 10 December 2021, 8:31 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 December 2021) – A group of UN experts today called on Pakistan to halt the approval of an amendment to a bill criminalizing enforced disappearances that would harshly penalize families and other sources for reporting alleged cases. ... More >>
Mongolia: Time To Accelerate Translation Of Laws On Violence Against Women Into Reality - UN Expert
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 8:40 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
ULAANBAATAR (8 December 2021) – A UN human rights expert today commended Mongolia’s significant progress in passing legislation to combat gender-based violence against women, saying the challenge now was to ensure effective implementation of the laws ... More >>
“Theatre Of The Absurd”: UN Human Rights Expert Denounces Suu Kyi Sentence
Tuesday, 7 December 2021, 7:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 December 2021) – A UN human rights expert derided the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint to four years in jail by a military-controlled court in Myanmar as the “theatre of the absurd”, saying the hearing underscored the ... More >>
Tigray Conflict: UN Experts Call For Urgent Action To Stop Violence Against Women
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 6:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 December 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed grave concern about the widespread sexual and gender-based violence committed against women and girls in the Tigray, Amhara and Afar regions of Ethiopia by parties to the conflict. ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Expert Calls For ‘Inclusive Society’ To End Scourge Of Slavery
Saturday, 4 December 2021, 6:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
COLOMBO (3 December 2021) - Sri Lanka has a robust legal framework to tackle contemporary forms of slavery and been making progress in other areas, such as increasing minimum age of employment from 14 to 16 and the establishment of a child-labour free zone. ... More >>
Croatia: UN Rights Expert Calls For Renewed Transitional Justice Process After 90’s Conflict
Friday, 3 December 2021, 7:20 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
ZAGREB (2 December 2021) – A UN human rights expert today urged Croatian authorities to redouble efforts on the transitional justice process following the 1991-94 armed conflict, raising concerns about increased cases of radicalization and hate speech ... More >>
Saint Vincent And Grenadines: Climate Change A Risk Multiplier For Impacts On Human Rights – UN Expert
Friday, 3 December 2021, 7:11 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
KINGSTOWN (2 December 2021) – Climate change is wreaking havoc on farms, forests, fisheries, housing, infrastructure and communities in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and in doing so violating the rights to life, health, food, water, housing, cultural ... More >>
Myanmar: Halt Evictions, Cease Intimidation Of Residents – UN Experts
Friday, 3 December 2021, 7:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 December 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Myanmar’s military chief to immediately halt ongoing forced evictions and home demolitions of informal settlements in Hlaing Thar Yar Township in the Yangon region, saying ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Release Of Rights Defenders In Egypt, Condemn Misuse Of Counter-terrorism Measures
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 December 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Egypt to halt the misuse of counter-terrorism measures against civil society activists, lawyers, journalists and human rights defenders, and to immediately release three of those ... More >>
Lebanon: Cease Threats And Intimidation Of Human Rights Lawyer – UN Expert
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 7:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 December 2021) – Lebanon must immediately cease the threats and intimidation of Mohammad Ahmad Samir Sablouh, a human rights defender and lawyer who has worked to assist victims of torture, arbitrary detention and Syrian refugees facing deportation, ... More >>
States Must Prioritize Health And Equality Over Profits And Vaccine Hoarding, UN Experts Say
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Omicron and other new variants underline urgency to act GENEVA (29 November 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged States to act decisively to ensure that all people have equal and universal access to COVID-19 vaccines, particularly those ... More >>
Indonesia: Stop Judicial Harassment Of Human Rights Defenders – UN Expert
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 November 2021) – Indonesia must immediately stop using criminal laws to harass four human rights defenders who have spoken out against alleged corruption, Mary Lawlor, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said ... More >>
UN Expert Hails India Plan To Repeal Contentious Farm Laws, Urges Accountability For Casualties
Saturday, 27 November 2021, 6:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert welcomed India's decision to repeal three contentious farm laws that sparked a year of nationwide protests which left 600 people dead, and urged the Government to ensure accountability for ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Say Executions Of Child Offenders Must Stop
Friday, 26 November 2021, 7:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 November 2021) UN human rights experts* today strongly condemned the execution of Arman Abdolali, convicted for an alleged murder committed when he was 17, and demanded that Iran stop sentencing children to death. There are currently ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert To Visit Nepal To Assess Poverty
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 November 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will visit Nepal from 29 November to 9 December 2021 to examine the Government’s efforts to alleviate poverty. "Nepal has taken ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Expert To Visit To Assess Contemporary Forms Of Slavery
Thursday, 25 November 2021, 6:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 November 2021) The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata, will undertake his first country visit to Sri Lanka from 26 November to 3 December 2021. He will examine the labour conditions in various ... More >>
USA: ‘New Deal’ Needed To End Hate, Exclusion, Discrimination Against Minorities, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 7:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 November 2021) – A UN human rights expert today urged the United States of America to overhaul legislation to prevent increasing exclusion, discrimination and hate speech and crimes against minorities, saying the legal landscape for the ... More >>
