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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 >>
Chile: Nearly 40 Years On, Still No Remedy For Victims Of Swedish Toxic Waste – UN Experts
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 June 2021) - UN human rights experts* said today they were deeply concerned by the continuous devastating impact on a local community of a dumping of toxic waste by a Swedish company in the northern Chilean city of Arica nearly 40 years ago. The ... More >>
Belarus: ‘Black Hole’ For Media Freedoms After Egregious Attacks, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 8 June 2021, 6:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed outrage at the arrest, alleged torture and forced confession of social media activist and human rights defender Roman Protasevich (Raman Pratasevich), and the continued crackdown ... More >>
UN Experts Call On Canada, Holy See To Investigate Mass Grave At Indigenous School
Saturday, 5 June 2021, 6:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* urged Canadian authorities and the Catholic Church to conduct prompt and thorough investigations into the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of over 200 children at a British Columbia ... More >>
Time For UN To Formally Recognise Right To Clean, Healthy Environment - Experts
Friday, 4 June 2021, 4:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN independent experts on human rights* said it is time for the United Nations to formally recognise that living in a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. “Around the world, there is a growing recognition that it is ... More >>
Brazil: UN Experts Deplore Attacks By Illegal Miners On Indigenous Peoples; Alarmed By Mercury Levels
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 6:53 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed concerns about a series of attacks, resulting in the deaths of at least two children, by illegal miners in the Munduruku and Yanomami indigenous lands, and called on the Brazilian ... More >>
Mali: Military Must Fully Free All Leaders Detained In Coup, Says UN Expert
Thursday, 3 June 2021, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 June 2021) – A UN human rights expert today said Mali’s new military authorities should release former President Bah N'Daw and former Prime Minister Moctar Ouane, who remain under house arrest after being moved from a military camp last ... More >>
Israel: Violence, Hate Speech, Discrimination Against Palestinian Minority Must Stop – UN Expert
Wednesday, 2 June 2021, 5:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 June 2021) – A UN human rights expert condemned attacks on Israel’s Palestinian minority by extreme right-wing and vigilante groups, including settlers – at times with the reported backing of security forces - and urged Israel to fully ... More >>
Gaza-Israel: UN Experts Welcome Ceasefire, Call For ICC Probe
Saturday, 22 May 2021, 4:55 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on all parties to the conflict in Gaza and Israel to respect a ceasefire, and for an investigation by the International Criminal Court into the attacks on civilian populations and ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Welcomes “New Blow” Against Junta’s Finances, Urges All Nations Step Up With Sanctions
Friday, 21 May 2021, 6:36 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (20 May 2021) – A UN human rights expert today welcomed the announcement of a new set of government sanctions against Myanmar’s junta by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, highlighting in particular the US designation of the ... More >>
