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Mali: End To Impunity For Barbaric Attacks On “slaves” Long Overdue UN Experts
Friday, 29 October 2021, 8:33 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 October 2021) – A series of “barbaric” attacks this year against hundreds of people born into slavery in Mali beggars belief, UN human rights experts* said today, demanding that the West African country ensure justice for victims and ... More >>
UN Experts Alarmed By Growing Use Of Mercenaries In Cyberspace
Friday, 29 October 2021, 7:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (28 October 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed their alarm at the growing practice of mercenary-related activities in cyberspace, saying that private actors provide a wide range of military and security services in cyberspace, ... More >>
Zimbabwe: Expert Calls For Lifting Of Unilateral Sanctions, Urges Talks
Friday, 29 October 2021, 7:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
HARARE (28 October 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures, Alena Douhan, called for the lifting of unilateral sanctions against Zimbabwe, and urged meaningful structured dialogue on political reform, human rights and the rule ... More >>
UN Expert Criticises Boycott Of Durban Process, Calls For Urgent Action Against Transnational Racism
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 8:15 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (28 October 2021) – The UN’s expert on racism has strongly criticised countries boycotting the Durban Declaration and called on them to recommit to the principles for combatting racial discrimination and intolerance agreed at the landmark ... More >>
Human Trafficking Victims Must Be Protected Even In Fight Against Terrorism - UN Expert
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 6:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (27 October 2021) – Victims of trafficking by terrorist groups are too often being punished instead of protected. States fail to identify and protect victims, often because of their alleged association with terrorist groups, and related stigma, ... More >>
CAR: Russian Wagner Group Harassing And Intimidating Civilians – UN Experts
Thursday, 28 October 2021, 6:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 October 2021) – Civilians, including peacekeepers, journalists, aid workers and minorities in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been violently harassed and intimidated by so-called “Russian instructors” from the Wagner Group, ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert To Visit Lebanon To Assess Poverty
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 8:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 October 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier De Schutter, will undertake a human rights fact-finding mission to Lebanon from 1 to 12 November 2021 to examine the Government’s efforts to alleviate ... More >>
UN Expert: States Have Duty To Probe All Suspicious Deaths
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (26 October 2021) – Every person’s universal and absolute right not to be arbitrarily deprived of life requires that all potentially unlawful deaths be investigated, a UN human rights expert told the General Assembly today, saying ... More >>
Urgent Action Needed Against Exclusionary Rhetoric And Practices That Endanger Human Rights – UN Expert
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 6:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (26 October 2021) – A steep rise in discrimination and harsh rhetoric have put people who do not conform to gender norms – lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and gender-diverse people – at increased risk of persecution and violence, ... More >>
Belarus: Women Paying Heavy Price For Standing Up For Human Rights – UN Expert
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (25 October 2021) – Belarus denies women many rights and freedoms guaranteed by international human rights law, and is subjecting women activists to enforced disappearances, torture, ill-treatment and even exile, a human rights expert told ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Israel’s Designation Of Palestinian Human Rights Defenders As Terrorist Organisations
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 6:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 October 2021) – UN human rights experts today strongly and unequivocally condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence, Benny Gantz, to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations. ... More >>
Iran: Death Penalty Used As Political Tool – UN Expert
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 6:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (25 October 2021) – Calling almost all executions in Iran an arbitrary deprivation of life, a UN human rights expert today urged the country to reform its laws to end imposition of the death penalty in violation of international law. “There ... More >>
USA: UN Experts Condemn Collective Expulsion Of Haitian Migrants And Refugees
Tuesday, 26 October 2021, 6:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 October 2021) – UN human rights experts* have condemned the United States of America’s recent and ongoing systematic mass deportation of Haitian migrants and refugees, and cautioned that such collective expulsions violate international ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Fears Spike In Atrocities Amid Reports Of Troops Massing In North
Sunday, 24 October 2021, 6:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (22 October 2021) – Myanmar could be on the eve of an even greater human rights catastrophe and loss of life amid reports the military junta is deploying tens of thousands of troops and heavy weapons to northern Myanmar, a UN human rights ... More >>
Honour Slain French Teacher Samuel Paty By Defending Rights, Defying Fundamentalism – UN Experts
Saturday, 16 October 2021, 7:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 October 2021) – On the first anniversary of the murder of French school teacher Samuel Paty, UN experts paid tribute to his commitment to teaching human rights values and said the best way to honour him is to defy fundamentalism and defend ... More >>
Golden Opportunity For EU To Take Global Lead On Human Rights In Business – UN Expert
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 6:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 September 2021) – The European Union has a chance to set an example for the entire world by protecting people who risk their lives standing up for human rights in the context of business activities, a UN expert said today. The European ... More >>
Iran Must Halt Imminent Execution Of Kurdish Prisoner – UN Experts
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 5:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 September 2021) - UN human rights experts* have appealed to Iran to halt the imminent execution of Iranian Kurdish prisoner Heidar Ghorbani and repeal his death sentence amid serious concerns that he did not receive a fair trial and was ... More >>
Afghanistan: Journalists At Risk Of Persecution Need Urgent Protection – UN Experts
Saturday, 4 September 2021, 5:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 September 2021) - A group of UN human rights experts* today called on all States to provide urgent protection to Afghan journalists and media workers who fear for their lives and are seeking safety abroad. “Journalists and media workers, ... More >>
Cambodia: UN Experts Deeply Disturbed By Detention Of Boy With Autism For On-line Criticism
Friday, 3 September 2021, 7:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 September 2021) UN human rights experts* today called on Cambodia to release from detention a 17-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder who has been held in pre-trial detention for more than two months, without access to his family. ... More >>
Russia: Free Semyon Simonov And Stop Criminalising Human Rights Defenders For Legitimate Work – UN Expert
Wednesday, 1 September 2021, 6:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (31 August 2021) – Russia must overturn the conviction of human rights defender Semyon Simonov and must stop using its “foreign agents” law to punish people whose legitimate work is standing up for human rights, a UN expert said today. ... More >>
