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Indigenous Peoples Still Face Severe Challenges Due To COVID-19
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 5:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples | 9 August 2021 Indigenous Peoples still face severe challenges due to COVID-19 GENEVA (6 August 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, José Francisco Cali Tzay, ... More >>
Weak State Protection Of Civilians Threatens Mali’s Existence -- UN Expert
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BAMAKO (6 August 2021) - Violence is spreading so rapidly across Mali that it threatens the very survival of the state, the United Nations expert on human rights in the country said at the end of an 11-day official visit where he heard about an increase ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Governments To Crack Down On Hate Speech And Crimes Targeting Romani And Minorities
Saturday, 31 July 2021, 5:44 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Roma Holocaust Memorial Day | 2 August 2021 GENEVA (30 July 2021) – Roma around the world must not be made scapegoats of politicians, or demonized and targeted on social media, Fernand de Varennes, the UN special rapporteur on minority issues, ... More >>
Mercenaries And Related Private Contractors Must Leave Libya To Pave Way For Peace, Elections – UN Experts
Saturday, 31 July 2021, 5:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (30 July 2021) – UN experts* today called for all mercenaries and mercenary-related private contractors to leave Libya, saying their departure is long overdue, and is a vital precondition to peaceful elections scheduled for later this year. “Nine ... More >>
Zambia Must Treat Children Suffering From Lead Poisoning, Clean Up Former Mine Area – UN Experts
Friday, 30 July 2021, 6:43 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 July 2021) – Zambia must immediately provide medical treatment to thousands of children suffering from lead poisoning, and must take swift steps to clean up areas contaminated by residue from what was once the country’s largest lead mine, ... More >>
Witchcraft Killings Of People With Albinism Rose During Pandemic – UN Expert
Friday, 30 July 2021, 6:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 July 2021) – Killings of people with albinism have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as some people plunged into poverty turned to witchcraft in hopes of gaining quick wealth, Ikponwosa Ero, the outgoing UN independent expert ... More >>
CAR Must Impartially Investigate Bongboto Killings And Bring Killers To Justice – UN Expert
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 6:18 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 July 2021) - A UN expert called on authorities in the Central African Republic to thoroughly investigate the killing of 13 individuals whose bodies were found by UN peacekeepers north of the capital, Bangui, last week. “I deplore the ... More >>
Myanmar: Expert Calls For “COVID Ceasefire”; Urges New UN Resolution
Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 6:16 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GEVEVA (27 July 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar called on the United Nations Security Council and Member States to push for an emergency “COVID ceasefire” today in light of an explosion of COVID-19 ... More >>
Palestinian Election: Free, Fair, Democratic And Credible Vote Must Include East Jerusalem – UN Experts
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 6:37 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 July 2021) - UN human rights experts* today called upon the Palestinian Authority and Israel, the occupying power, to take all steps necessary within their respective powers to re-schedule the elections for the Palestinian presidency, the ... More >>
Mali: UN Expert To Conduct Human Rights Visit
Saturday, 24 July 2021, 1:44 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 July 2021) – The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Mr. Alioune Tine, will conduct an official visit to the country from 26 July to 5 August. “Concerns grow over human rights violations in Mali. So, I appreciate ... More >>
Mali: UN Experts Condemn Increased Attacks On ‘descent-based Slaves’, Deplore Government’s Failure To Act
Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 6:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 July 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Mali to prevent attacks against so-called slaves, saying such incidents are on the rise, with twice as many people injured this year as in 2020. “The constant and systematic attacks ... More >>
India Must Halt Mass Eviction That Threatens To Leave 100,000 Homeless – UN Experts
Friday, 16 July 2021, 8:09 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (16 July 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on India to halt evictions of some 100,000 people – including 20,000 children – that began this week in the midst of monsoon rains. Demolition of homes began on Wednesday, 14 July, ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Warns Of “Perfect Storm” Over COVID, Calls For Urgent International Help
Friday, 16 July 2021, 6:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GEVEVA (14 July 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar called for emergency international engagement to address a “perfect storm” of factors that are fuelling the deepening COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar. “An ... More >>
Egypt: Human Rights Defenders Held Incommunicado, Face Spurious Charges, Says UN Expert
Friday, 16 July 2021, 5:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 July 2021) – A UN expert today expressed dismay at the continued widespread arrest and extended pre-trial detention of human rights defenders in Egypt, saying activists have been detained without warrants, held incommunicado and then accused ... More >>
UN Expert Condemns Israel’s Repeated Demolition Of Palestinian Bedouin Property
Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 6:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 July 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, condemned the demolition by Israel of the homes and property belonging to the Palestinian Bedouin community ... More >>
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Israeli Settlements Should Be Classified As War Crimes, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 10 July 2021, 5:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 July 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Michael Lynk, today called on the international community to designate the creation of Israeli settlements as a war ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Calls For Emergency Coalition To End Junta’s “Reign Of Terror”
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 5:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 July 2021) — The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today called for the urgent formation of an “Emergency Coalition for the People of Myanmar“ to stop what he described as the military ... More >>
Iran Must Stop Using Long-term Detention To Silence Human Rights Defenders, Says UN Expert
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 6:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 July 2021) — A UN expert today criticised the Islamic Republic of Iran’s practice of sentencing human rights defenders to long-term detention, and called on the Government to release all those detained for their human rights work. “It ... More >>
Occupied Palestinian Territory: Attacks Against Critics Must Stop, Those Responsible Arrested – UN Experts
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (6 July 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about a number of attacks by security forces against critics of the Palestinian Authority, including the death in custody, reportedly as a result of beatings, of a well-known ... More >>
Belarus: Massive Human Rights Violations Unprecedented In Scope And Gravity, Says UN Expert
Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 5:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (5 July 2021) – Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, an independent expert appointed by the Human Rights Council said today, calling on authorities to end their policy of repression and to fully respect ... More >>
