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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 >>
Gaza-Israel Escalation: End Violence Now, Then Work To End Occupation, Say UN Experts
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 4:57 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* called on the international community to demand an immediate end to the violence in Gaza and Israel, and to act decisively to address the underlying source of the conflict: the denial of collective and individual ... More >>
Myanmar: Time For Business To Take A Stand Against Human Rights Violations - UN Experts
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 6:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 May 2021) – As powerful actors in the current fragile and deteriorating context in Myanmar, businesses must uphold their human rights responsibilities and put pressure on the military junta to halt grave human rights violations, UN experts* ... More >>
East Jerusalem: UN Experts Deplore Brutal Police Response To Protests, Urge Eviction Threats To Be Lifted
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 5:05 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 May 2021) - UN human rights experts* today expressed grave concerns about Israel’s aggressive response to protests in East Jerusalem, and called on Israel, as the occupying power, to immediately lift its threat to evict hundreds of Palestinian ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Welcome Release Of Arash Sadeghi
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 5:03 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* welcomed the release of Iranian human rights defender Arash Sadeghi, who was released from Raja’i Shahr Prison this month after five-and-a-half years in detention. Mr. Sadeghi received prison ... More >>
United Kingdom: UN Expert Raises Alarm Over Abuse Of Close Supervision Centres
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 6:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 May 2021) – A UN human rights expert* today raised concerns about the holding of prisoners for prolonged or indefinite periods in isolation in restrictive control units, known as Close Supervision Centres (CSC), calling on the British Government ... More >>
Cambodia: UN Expert Condemns Conviction Of Three Environmental Rights Defenders, Urges Their Release
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 4:58 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 May 2021) – A UN expert today condemned a decision by a Cambodian court to sentence three environmental human rights defenders to jail terms of up to 20 months and urged the Government to release them immediately and unconditionally. ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Urges States To Impose Arms Embargo
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 4:53 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 May 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today welcomed the call by a broad number of civil society organizations to impose an arms embargo on Myanmar’s military junta, and encouraged ... More >>
UN Experts Urge The Bahamas To Halt Plans To Demolish 600 Homes
Saturday, 8 May 2021, 4:48 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 May 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Bahamas to halt planned demolitions this week of approximately 600 homes at two informal settlements known as the Farm and the Farm Road on Abaco island. A community of Haitian descendants ... More >>
Switzerland: Two Abducted Girls Held At Grim Syria Camp Must Be Returned Home – UN Experts
Saturday, 24 April 2021, 4:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 April 2021) - UN human rights experts* today called on Switzerland to repatriate two sisters, aged 8 and 14, who are being held at a squalid camp in north-eastern Syria after they were allegedly abducted by their mother five years ago when she ... More >>
Russia: UN Experts Say Navalny In “Serious Danger”, Call For Medical Evacuation
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 6:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 April 2021) – UN human rights experts* today expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian Government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical evacuation from Russia. “We believe Mr. Navalny’s ... More >>
Iraq: UN Expert Welcomes Law To Aid ISIL Atrocity Survivors, But More Needs To Be Done For Children Born From Rape
Thursday, 22 April 2021, 5:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 April 2021) – A UN expert welcomed Iraq’s adoption of a law to provide reparation to women and girls survivors of atrocities committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), but said more needs to be done for children ... More >>
