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Afghanistan: UN Experts Call For Immediate Action To Stop Escalating Humanitarian Catastrophe
Friday, 24 December 2021, 6:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 December 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the international community to take urgent steps to clear the way for humanitarian aid in Afghanistan in order to prevent an impending humanitarian catastrophe from unfolding there this ... More >>
5 Years After UNSC Resolution 2334, International Accountability To End The Israeli Occupation Is More Crucial Than Ever
Friday, 24 December 2021, 6:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 December 2021) – The international community must hold Israel to account for its 54-year occupation of Palestine, a UN human rights expert said today, five years after the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for an end to all ... More >>
Viet Nam: UN Experts Appalled By The Conviction Of Four Human Rights Defenders
Friday, 24 December 2021, 6:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 December 2021) – UN human rights experts* are appalled by the conviction and long-term sentencing in Viet Nam this week of four prominent human rights defenders and journalists who were accused of spreading anti-State propaganda. The sentences ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Secret Execution Of Kurdish Prisoner In Iran
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 6:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 December 2021) - UN human rights experts* condemned in the strongest terms the arbitrary execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Mr. Heidar Ghorbani as a serious violation of Iran’s obligations under international human rights law. ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Indian Authorities To Stop Targeting Kashmiri HR Defender Khurram Parvez & Release Him Immediately
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 6:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 December 2021) - UN human rights experts urge the Indian authorities to stop targeting Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez. Mr. Parvez has worked extensively to document serious human rights violations, including enforced disappearances ... More >>
Promotion Of Human Rights Of Rohingya In Bangladesh Is Vital To Their Sustainable And Dignified Return To Their Homeland
Monday, 20 December 2021, 6:17 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
DHAKA (19 December 2021) – Speaking at the end of his first official visit to the country, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, thanked and commended the Government of Bangladesh for providing Rohingya ... More >>
Morocco: UN Experts Say Extradition Of Uyghur Asylum Seeker To China Violates Principle Of Non-refoulement
Friday, 17 December 2021, 7:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 December 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of Morocco to halt a decision to extradite Mr. Yidiresi Aishan to China where he risks serious human rights violations including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance, ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Conviction Of Pakistan Human Rights Defender And Minority Activist Idris Khattak
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 7:10 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 December 2021) – UN human rights experts condemned today the reported conviction of leading human rights defender and minority civil society activist Idris Khattak, who was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment following an apparent unfair ... More >>
Russia: Dissolution Of Human Rights Organisations Could Start Civil Society Shut Down - UN Expert
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 6:46 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 December 2021) - A UN expert today warned that the imminent dissolution of two prominent human rights organisations in Russia could signal a move by the authorities to outlaw the work of all human rights defenders. International Memorial ... More >>
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 >>
