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UAE: UN Experts Condemn Forced Return Of Ex-Guantanamo Inmate To Russia Despite Torture Risk
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 6:14 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 July 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concerns about the imminent forced repatriation of former Guantanamo detainee Rival Mingazov from the United Arab Emirates to Russia, saying he faced substantial risk of torture ... More >>
Guatemala: Top Judges Face Threats, Must Be Protected – Expert
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 6:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 July 2021) –UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, today urged Guatemalan authorities to tighten protection for the country’s judiciary and civil servants after one senior judge tasked with ... More >>
Free Media, Digital Literacy – Antidote To Disinformation, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 6:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 July 2021) – Responses by States and companies to disinformation have been problematic, inadequate and detrimental to human rights, a UN expert warned today, calling on States to uphold the right to freedom of expression as the primary ... More >>
Morocco: UN Human Rights Expert Decries “Clampdown” On Human Rights Defenders
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 5:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 July 2021) – Morocco must stop targeting human rights defenders and journalists standing up for human rights issues related to Western Sahara, and allow them to work without reprisals, Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur on the situation ... More >>
States Increasingly Block Protesters From Justice, Send ‘Chilling’ Message On Rights - UN Expert
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 5:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 July 2021) – States are increasingly applying measures to prevent access to justice for protesters amid a tightening of restrictions on civil society, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association ... More >>
Victims Of Trafficking Should Be Protected, Not Punished: UN Expert
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 6:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (29 June 2021) – To effectively protect victims of trafficking, States must ensure that victims are not held liable for any unlawful activity carried out as a direct consequence of their trafficking situation, regardless of the gravity ... More >>
World Needs To Prepare For Next Crisis By Setting Up Global Fund For Social Protection Now – UN Expert
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 5:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (30 June 2021) – Countries must prepare for future crises by setting up a Global Fund for Social Protection, a new international financing mechanism that will help protect their populations from the next pandemic, says a new report presented ... More >>
Peru: Clean Up Oil Pollution In Indigenous Communities Before Allowing More Drilling, UN Experts Urge
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 5:46 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 June 2021) – Peru should clean up environmental damage in the country’s largest-yielding oil field and remedy harm done to indigenous communities living nearby, UN experts* said today. They made the call as Peru proceeds towards awarding ... More >>
States Must Push Back Against Harmful Anti-Gender Narratives – UN Expert
Saturday, 26 June 2021, 6:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 June 2021) – Individuals departing from gender norms and societal expectations are under attack in many parts of the world, stripped of their rights to self-determination, autonomy, bodily and mental integrity, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council ... More >>
Pakistan: UN Experts Demand Halt To Mass Evictions Along Karachi’s Watercourses
Saturday, 26 June 2021, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Pakistan to stop evicting close to 100,000 people living along two of Karachi’s narrow watercourses, locally known as nullahs – Gujjar nullah and Orangi nullah. “These actions were ... More >>
Governments Must Protect Those Who Help Torture Victims, Say Human Rights Experts
Friday, 25 June 2021, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 June 2021) – Victims of torture have the right to rehabilitation and those who help them in this process must be allowed to carry out their work without reprisals UN human rights experts* said in a statement on the occasion of the International ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Urge Iran To Halt Execution Of Child Offender
Friday, 25 June 2021, 6:45 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 June 2021) - UN human rights experts* today urged the Islamic Republic of Iran to halt the execution of a young Iranian man scheduled for 28 June, saying he was a child at the time of the crime, and was reportedly tortured to force a confession ... More >>
UN Expert Strives To Make Right To Health A Reality For All
Thursday, 24 June 2021, 6:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 June 2021) – Governments must do more to guarantee universal and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines and to guarantee enjoyment of the right to life and health of billions of persons in the Global South, a UN expert told the Human Rights Council ... More >>
Bahrain: UN Expert Alarmed By Prolonged Detention Of Human Rights Defenders
Wednesday, 23 June 2021, 5:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 June 2021) – A UN expert called on Bahrain to immediately release three human rights defenders suffering long term detention as a result of their legitimate promotion and protection of human rights in the country. Human rights defenders Mr. ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Catholic Church To Act Against Sexual Abuse, Provide Reparations
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 5:06 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* urged the Holy See to take all necessary measures to stop and prevent the recurrence of violence and sexual abuse against children in Catholic institutions, and to ensure those responsible are held ... More >>
Iran: Jailed For Defending Women Who Opposed Compulsory Veiling, Nasrin Sotoudeh Must Be Freed, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 5:04 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the continued imprisonment of woman human rights defender and lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, and called for her immediate release. “Nasrin Sotoudeh has been systematically criminalised ... More >>
Tunisia: UN Expert Praises Democratic Progress Since Revolution, Says More Needed For LGBT Persons
Monday, 21 June 2021, 6:02 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
TUNIS (18 June 2021) – A UN human rights expert today acknowledged the steps taken by Tunisia since the Revolution just over 10 years ago to advance equality and non-discrimination, and urged the government to amend legislation to fully protect the human rights of ... More >>
UN Human Rights Standards For Business Reach 10-year Milestone: Time To Gear Up For New Decade Of Action
Thursday, 17 June 2021, 5:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 10th anniversary, 16 June 2021 GENEVA (16 June 2021) – To mark the 10th anniversary of Human Rights Council’s endorsement of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights , the UN Working ... More >>
UN Experts: G7 Governments Must Ensure Vaccines’ Access In Developing Countries
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 6:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on leaders of the world’s largest economies to make sure people in the Global South get equal access to COVID-19 vaccines and not to allow the profit motive to undermine global health ... More >>
Mexico: UN And Regional Experts Call For Peace After Violent Election Campaign
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 5:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA/WASHINGTON D.C. (8 June 2021) – After a deadly election campaign, UN and Organization of American States (OAS) human rights experts* today called on Mexican authorities to make sure the post-election period is peaceful, and to investigate ... More >>
