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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 >>
'Lasting Peace In Central African Republic Requires Commitment Of All Sides To Free Elections'
Friday, 28 August 2020, 7:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Exactly four months ahead of 27 December elections in the Central African Republic, the UN’s Independent expert on human rights in that country has called on all sides – with the support of the international community – to ensure the vote can go ... More >>
UN Rights Experts Call On Chile To Drop Criminal Charges Against Influential Feminist Artistic Group
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 7:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Chile should drop criminal charges against a feminist group of human rights defenders whose performance art has inspired women protestors around the world, UN human rights experts* said today. “The artistic and feminist group Las Tesis has been key in ... More >>
Imprisoned Human Rights Defenders In Egypt At Grave Risk Of COVID-19, Say UN Human Rights Experts
Tuesday, 25 August 2020, 7:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Lengthy and unnecessary pre-trial detention of scores of Egyptian human rights defenders is putting them at grave and unnecessary risk during the COVID-19 pandemic, UN human rights experts* said today. “There are credible allegations that some Egyptian ... More >>
Jordan: UN Experts Call For Release Of Labour Union Officials From Detention, Lifting Of Gag Orders
Thursday, 20 August 2020, 8:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today called on Jordan to reverse its decision to close a teachers’ union, free its board members from detention and lift gag orders that have prohibited any public discussion of the case. “The actions of the Jordanian ... More >>
Ban Evictions During COVID-19 Pandemic, UN Expert Urges
Wednesday, 19 August 2020, 7:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Warning of an impending tsunami of evictions, the UN’s expert on housing rights today called on governments around the world to halt all evictions until the COVID-19 pandemic ends. “I am alarmed at the global increase in forced evictions,” said ... More >>
Belarus Must Stop Attacking Peaceful Protesters, UN Human Rights Experts Say
Friday, 14 August 2020, 7:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN human rights experts* today strongly criticised Belarus for police violence against peaceful protesters and journalists and large scale detention following a controversial presidential election, and called on the international community to put pressure ... More >>
UN Human Rights Experts Call For Justice And Accountability In Response To Beirut Explosion
Friday, 14 August 2020, 7:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The colossal deadly explosion in Beirut on 4 August requires a prompt and independent investigation that underscores international human rights obligations, clarifies responsibilities related to the explosion, and leads to justice and accountability, ... More >>
UN Experts: Sanctions Proving Deadly During COVID Pandemic, Humanitarian Exemptions Not Working
Saturday, 8 August 2020, 7:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
People in countries under sanctions cannot protect themselves against COVID-19 or get life-saving treatment if they fall ill because humanitarian exemptions to the sanctions are not working, UN human rights experts* said today. “Sanctions are ... More >>
UN Experts Call For Urgent Action To Remedy 'Alarming' Human Rights Situation In Jammu And Kashmir
Wednesday, 5 August 2020, 7:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A year after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, UN human rights experts* today called on India and the international community to take urgent action to address the alarming human rights situation in the territory. “Urgent action ... More >>
UN Experts: Turkey Should Preserve Hagia Sophia As Space For Meeting Of Cultures
Saturday, 1 August 2020, 6:43 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul should be maintained as an inter-cultural space reflecting the diversity and complexity of Turkey and its history, and preserving the outstanding universal value which resulted in its World Heritage Status, say two UN human rights ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Mali To Step Up Efforts To Find And Free Opposition Leader
Friday, 31 July 2020, 7:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN expert on human rights in Mali today called on that West African country to step up efforts to find and free abducted opposition leader Soumaïla Cissé, who was abducted more than four months ago, on 25 March. “It is disturbing that ... More >>
