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CAR: Handover To ICC Of Former Militia Leader Accused Of War Crimes Strong Signal In Fight Against Impunity
Friday, 29 January 2021, 5:41 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 January 2021) – A UN expert said today the Central African Republic’s handover to the International Criminal Court (ICC) of a former militia commander suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity is a strong warning to rebel ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Renewed Commitment To Combat Antisemitism, Including Holocaust Distortion And Denial
Friday, 29 January 2021, 5:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 27 January 2021 UN experts* said today States must take resolute action against rising antisemitism and ensure deniers of the Holocaust and all levels of society are effectively educated about the Holocaust and other ... More >>
Disability Is Not A Reason To Sanction Medically Assisted Dying – UN Experts
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 7:05 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at a growing trend to enact legislation enabling access to medically assisted dying based largely on having a disability or disabling conditions, including in old age. “We ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Compulsory Cremation Of COVID-19 Bodies Cannot Continue, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 7:01 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts today urged the Sri Lankan Government to end its policy of forced cremation of the COVID-19 deceased, saying it ran contrary to the beliefs of Muslims and other minorities in the country, and could foment existing prejudices, ... More >>
UN Expert Says Global Coordination And More Equitable Sharing Of COVID-19 Vaccines Key To Recovery
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 8:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 January 2021) – States and non-state actors must cooperate in an equitable, globally coordinated vaccine distribution programme, such as the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility (COVAX) led by the World Health Organization, ... More >>
COVID-19: Equitable Vaccine Access For All, Including Migrants, Is Crucial, Say UN Special Rapporteurs
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today called on States to ensure migrants are included in national COVID-19 vaccination programmes, which must offer equitable access for all. “The pandemic has highlighted how now, more than ever, ... More >>
Egypt’s Targeting Of Human Rights Defenders Must Stop, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 6:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 January 2021) – A UN expert* deplored today the arrest and prolonged pre-trial detention of human rights defenders and bloggers, and their accusation of being members of a terrorist organisation, continuing Egypt’s practice to intimidate ... More >>
Russia: UN Experts Laud Courage Of Alexei Navalny, Call For Immediate Release
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 8:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 January 2021) – Two UN human rights experts today saluted the bravery of anti-corruption activist Mr. Alexei Navalny, and decried his arrest on arrival in Moscow. Agnès Callamard, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or ... More >>
United States: UN Experts Strongly Condemn US Capitol Attack
Tuesday, 19 January 2021, 7:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 January 2021) – UN human rights experts today released a statement condemning the violent events at the US Capitol in Washington. It reads as follows: “We, the undersigned independent experts on human rights at the United Nations, ... More >>
CAR: Violations Of Human Rights & International Humanitarian Law Must Be Punished To Prevent Ongoing Violence & Conflict
Saturday, 16 January 2021, 7:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (15 January 2021) – A UN human rights expert said today impunity will continue to fuel violence and conflict in the Central African Republic unless perpetrators, co-perpetrators and accomplices of violations of human rights and international humanitarian ... More >>
Viet Nam: Arrests Send Chilling Message Before Key Party Meeting – UN Experts
Friday, 15 January 2021, 7:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 January 2021) – UN human rights experts said today that the heavy sentences handed down against three Vietnamese journalists and human rights defenders, just weeks ahead of a key meeting of the ruling Communist Party, sends a chilling message ... More >>
Israel/OPT: UN Experts Call On Israel To Ensure Equal Access To COVID-19 Vaccines For Palestinians
Friday, 15 January 2021, 7:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 January 2021) – UN human rights experts* today called on Israel, the occupying power, to ensure swift and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for the Palestinian people under occupation. “Israel’s roll-out of its vaccination programme ... More >>
‘Disgraceful’ Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility Must Be Closed Now, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 12 January 2021, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 January 2021) – UN human rights experts* today appealed to the new U.S. Administration to immediately close the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, saying the remaining detainees risk death from rapidly deteriorating health by old age and ... More >>
UN Expert Calls For “Clear, Unambiguous Standards” To Protect Aircraft Over Conflict Zones
Friday, 8 January 2021, 7:09 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Iran missile strike against Ukraine airliner | 08 January 2020 GENEVA (7 January 2021) – On the occasion of the first-year anniversary of the strike against Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752, which killed all 176 persons ... More >>
United Kingdom: UN Expert Cautiously Welcomes Refusal To Extradite Assange
Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 7:11 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer today welcomed a British court’s refusal to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the United States on the basis that he would be exposed to “oppressive” conditions of imprisonment that ... More >>
Argentina: UN Experts Praise Historic Law Legalising Abortion
Friday, 1 January 2021, 6:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today welcomed the decision by Argentina’s Senate to legalise abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, calling the ground-breaking law a crucial step in eliminating discrimination against women and girls. “This ... More >>
US Must Remove Sanctions And Allow Syria To Rebuild – UN Expert
Wednesday, 30 December 2020, 6:47 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights expert Alena Douhan today called on the United States to remove unilateral sanctions which may inhibit rebuilding of Syria’s civilian infrastructure destroyed by the conflict. “The sanctions violate the human rights of the Syrian ... More >>
UN Expert: Facebook’s Oversight Board Must Consider Minority Rights
Friday, 25 December 2020, 8:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert today called on Facebook’s Oversight Board to take the rights of ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities into account in reaching decisions, particularly on hate speech. The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand ... More >>
UN Expert Asks U.S. President Donald Trump To Pardon Julian Assange
Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 9:54 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert today issued an open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, asking him to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who has been held in Belmarsh high security prison since his arrest by British authorities inside the Embassy of ... More >>
UN Expert Applauds European Parliament’s Moves To Protect National And Linguistic Minorities
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 9:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes, today welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the European Parliament to protect national and linguistic minorities, calling it one of the most important developments in decades for minorities. ... More >>
