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Attack On PS752: Iran Violated Multiple Human Rights Obligations - UN Experts
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 5:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Iran committed multiple human rights violations in shooting down Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 and in the aftermath of the deadly attack, two UN experts said today.* “The inconsistencies in the official explanations seem designed to create ... More >>
United States: Guantanamo Bay Review Must Ensure Closure And Appropriate Remedies For Those Tortured And Detained
Wednesday, 24 February 2021, 5:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN experts* said today the US Administration’s review of how to close the Guantanamo Bay detention centre should also address ongoing violations of human rights being committed against the 40 remaining detainees, including torture and other ill- treatment. ... More >>
Pakistan: UN Experts Welcome Death Penalty Ban For Individuals With Mental Health Conditions
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* have welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan to ban the execution of defendants with mental health conditions. “We applaud the Supreme Court for recognising that executing such individuals ... More >>
India: UN Experts Say Jammu And Kashmir Changes Risk Undermining Minorities’ Rights
Friday, 19 February 2021, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 February 2021) – UN human rights experts are concerned India’s decision to end Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomy and enact new laws could curtail the previous level of political participation of Muslim and other minorities in the country, as ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Sounds Alarm Ahead Of Expected Protests
Wednesday, 17 February 2021, 4:51 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, today releases the following statement: “I fear that Wednesday has the potential for violence on a greater scale in Myanmar than we have seen since the illegal takeover ... More >>
UN Human Rights Expert Urges To Lift Unilateral Sanctions Against Venezuela
Saturday, 13 February 2021, 7:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
CARACAS (12 February 2021) – The UN Special Rapporteur on unilateral coercive measures and human rights, Alena Douhan, today urged the United States, European Union and other States to drop unilateral sanctions imposed against Venezuela. At ... More >>
UN Expert Warns Security Forces In Myanmar: Following Orders Is No Defence For Atrocities
Thursday, 11 February 2021, 6:49 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert today expressed alarm at reports of the use of lethal force by security forces against protesters demonstrating against the military coup in Myanmar. Tom Andrews, the Special Rapporteur on the ... More >>
UN Experts Call For Halt To Contentious Tourism Resort In Bangladesh
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 7:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* said today Bangladesh should suspend the construction of a large-scale tourist resort in the Chittagong Hills Tracts because it threatens to dispossess the indigenous Mro peoples of their traditional ... More >>
ICC Ruling On Jurisdiction In Occupied Palestinian Territory Welcome Step Towards Justice: UN Expert
Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 7:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert said today the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) ruling that it has jurisdiction over grave crimes committed in occupied Palestinian territory, including potential war crimes, is a major move towards ending impunity and ensuring ... More >>
Syria: UN Experts Urge 57 States To Repatriate Women And Children From Squalid Camps
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 7:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts expressed serious concerns at the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation at the Al Hol and Roj camps in northeast Syria - home to over 64,000 people, mostly women and children - and ... More >>
Israel Must End Impunity For Torture And Ill-treatment – UN Experts
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 7:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today urged Israel to ensure accountability for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment universally prohibited under international law. The call comes after the Attorney-General ... More >>
Thailand: UN Experts Alarmed By Rise In Use Of lèse-majesté Laws
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 7:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 February 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed grave concerns over Thailand’s increasingly severe use of lèse-majesté laws to curtail criticism of the monarchy, and said they were alarmed that a woman had been sentenced to over ... More >>
US Should End Use Of Private, ‘For-profit’ Migrant Detention Centres, Say UN Experts
Friday, 5 February 2021, 7:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (4 February 2021) – A group of UN experts * welcomed the US decision to stop using privately run federal prisons and urged the Biden Administration to also end outsourcing of all detention centres, including those holding migrants and asylum ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Alarmed Over Execution Of Baloch Minority Prisoners
Friday, 5 February 2021, 6:35 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts today condemned the weekend hanging of Javid Dehghan, an Iranian from the Baloch minority. They fear a disturbing recent increase in executions of Baloch minority prisoners in Iran will continue. “We are shocked that Mr. Dehghan’s ... More >>
Sudan: UN Experts Call For Enhanced Protection Of Civilians, Including Internally Displaced, In Darfur
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:52 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN experts said today Sudan must urgently implement strong measures to ensure the safety of civilians, including the internally displaced, and thoroughly investigate and bring to justice the perpetrators of recent deadly ... More >>
Russia: UN Experts Raise Fair Trial Concerns Over Case Of Gulag Historian Yuri Alexeevich Dmitriev
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:45 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Russia to ensure historian and human rights defender Yuri Alexeevich Dmitriev has a fair trial amid concerns the proceedings against him are politically motivated after a court ordered ... More >>
Nagorno-Karabakh: Captives Must Be Released – UN Experts
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:42 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called for the prompt release of prisoners of war and other captives from the recent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and for the return of bodies to families for burial with due respect for cultural ... More >>
Myanmar Coup: UN Expert Calls For Strong International Response Including Sanctions And Arms Embargo
Tuesday, 2 February 2021, 6:40 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 February 2021) – A UN human rights expert today condemned the military coup in Myanmar, urging a strong and unequivocal condemnation and action by the international community. “I call for the immediate, unconditional release of everyone who has ... More >>
EU Needs To Reinvent Itself To Win Fight Against Poverty - UN Expert
Saturday, 30 January 2021, 6:50 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BRUSSELS (29 January 2021) – The European Union must boldly rethink its socio-economic governance if it is to live up to its commitment to eradicate poverty, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights said at the end of an official visit ... More >>
Philippines: Drop Murder Charge Against Indigenous Rights Defender, UN Experts Urge
Friday, 29 January 2021, 7:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on Philippine authorities to drop a reportedly unwarranted murder charge against an indigenous rights defender who submitted himself to police after a “shoot to kill” order ... More >>
