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Egypt Uses Terrorism Trials To Target Human Rights Activists, Say UN Experts
Friday, 9 October 2020, 8:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Egypt is using exceptional “Terrorism Circuit Courts” to target human rights defenders, silence dissent, and to lock up activists during the COVID-19 pandemic, UN human rights experts* said today. “Terrorism charges and exceptional courts ... More >>
UN Experts Welcome Return To Canada Of Five-year-old Orphaned In Syria
Thursday, 8 October 2020, 7:46 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today praised Canada for bringing a five-year-old orphan girl home from a squalid Syrian detention camp, and encouraged other countries to follow Canada’s example. “We are pleased that this little girl has been returned ... More >>
UK Parliament Must Not Introduce Impunity For War Crimes, Say UN Experts
Tuesday, 6 October 2020, 6:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (5 October 2020) – UN human rights experts* today called on the UK Parliament to reject a government bill they say would give British soldiers advance immunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity. They said the Overseas Operations (Service ... More >>
Climate Crisis: States Must Stay The Course On Coal Cuts - UN Expert
Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 7:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
As States introduce economic stimulus packages to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN human rights expert has called on authorities to remain mindful of the climate crisis and to exclude support for new coal projects. “Not one dollar of government ... More >>
Human Rights Experts Warn Of Damaging Impact On Special Procedures From UN Funding Crisis
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Coordination Committee of Special Procedures is gravely concerned about the impact of the UN funding crisis on the functioning of the system of independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council. The Committee calls upon States to take urgent ... More >>
India: UN Expert Raises Alarm About Mass Evictions In Delhi
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing today raised concerns about the decision to evict up to 250,000 people living in shacks alongside railway tracks in Delhi, without any prior consultation with those affected. On 31 August, ... More >>
UN Rights Experts Urge Nigeria To Overturn Death Sentence For Singer Who Shared Song On WhatsApp
Tuesday, 29 September 2020, 8:32 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today called on Nigerian authorities to immediately release a 22-year-old singer sentenced to death over an allegedly blasphemous song shared on social media. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was given a death sentence on 10 August by a ... More >>
Iran: Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh Must Be Freed For Treatment, Say UN Experts
Saturday, 26 September 2020, 8:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN independent experts expressed alarm at human rights lawyer and woman human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh’s return to Evin Prison in Iran this week despite her deteriorating health condition, and called for her immediate release. “It is unfathomable ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts: Belarus Must Release Opposition Leader Maria Kalesnikava
Saturday, 26 September 2020, 8:51 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today called on Belarus to release prominent opposition leader Maria Kalesnikava, and to bring to justice those responsible for her enforced disappearance. They expressed serious concern at what appears to be systematic targeting ... More >>
Mali Coup Leaders Must Immediately Release Detained Former Officials, Says UN Expert
Thursday, 24 September 2020, 7:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert today called on Mali’s coup leaders to release former government officials detained for more than a month. “There is no legal basis for detention of the former prime minister, the former president of the National Assembly, ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Jail Sentence Against Algerian Journalist And Call For His Release
Thursday, 17 September 2020, 9:19 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today condemned the prison sentence handed down on appeal to an Algerian journalist and human rights defender, Khaled Drareni who has become a symbol of press freedom in the North African country. They called on Algerian authorities ... More >>
COVID-19 Could Push Millions Into Exploitation Or Slavery, UN Expert Warns
Thursday, 17 September 2020, 9:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
COVID-19 risks pushing millions of children, women and men into contemporary forms of slavery and other forms of exploitation unless governments act now to protect them, a UN human rights expert warned today. “Historical levels of underemployment ... More >>
Switzerland’s New 'Terrorism' Definition Sets A Dangerous Precedent, UN Human Rights Experts Warn
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 7:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Switzerland’s draft anti-terrorism legislation violates international human rights standards by expanding the definition of terrorism, and would set a dangerous precedent for the suppression of political dissent worldwide, UN human rights experts warned ... More >>
COVID-19: UN Poverty Expert Says Social Protection Measures “Full Of Holes”, Urges Global Rethink
Saturday, 12 September 2020, 5:59 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN’s independent expert on extreme poverty said in a report published today that while governments have adopted more than 1,400 social protection measures since the outbreak of COVID-19 they were largely insufficient, and warned the worst impacts ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Urge Mali To End Slavery Once And For All
Thursday, 10 September 2020, 7:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts today called on authorities in Mali to end slavery once and for all after four men regarded as born into slavery were beaten to death and an 80-year-old woman and two other people were seriously injured last week. "Nothing ... More >>
UN Experts: Pakistan Must End Enforced Disappearance Of Human Rights Defender
Sunday, 6 September 2020, 7:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today called on the Pakistani authorities to end the secret detention of human rights defender Idris Khattak, who has not been heard from in more than nine months. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the enforced ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Welcome Qatar’s Improvement Of Migrant Rights
Friday, 4 September 2020, 7:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
New laws just passed in Qatar should effectively dismantle Qatar’s restrictive “kafala” labour sponsorship scheme and protect migrant workers from exploitation, if effectively enforced, two UN human rights experts said today. The measures, signed ... More >>
Turkish Human Rights Lawyer Dies After Hunger Strike
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 7:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The death of Turkish human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik after a long hunger strike was entirely preventable, UN human rights experts said today, calling on Turkey to release other human rights defenders. “No one should have to die in pursuit of ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts: Belarus Must Stop Torturing Protesters And Prevent Enforced Disappearances
Wednesday, 2 September 2020, 7:13 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts today called on Belarus to stop torturing detainees and bring to justice police officers who reportedly have been humiliating and beating protesters in their custody with impunity. They also urged the authorities to fully ... More >>
UN Experts Launch Ground-breaking Guidance On Access To Justice For People With Disabilities
Saturday, 29 August 2020, 7:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Lawmakers, lawyers, judges and prison officers today received much-needed support from UN experts to make sure people with disabilities can use justice systems around the world as easily as anyone else, in line with international standards. The three ... More >>
