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UN experts concerned by disappearance of Lao rights defender
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 October 2019) – UN human rights experts* have expressed serious concerns about the disappearance of a prominent Lao human rights defender, Od Sayavong, who went missing in Thailand just months after meeting a UN special rapporteur. They ... More >>
Portugal: UN expert welcomes new law protecting housing
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:04 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 October 2019) – Portugal’s new Basic Housing Law entering into force on 1 October is a milestone for the implementation of the right to housing in the country, said Leilani Farha, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate ... More >>
Cambodia: UN rights expert calls for ‘reset’ to put people
Thursday, 26 September 2019, 8:05 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (25 September 2019) – A UN human rights expert has expressed her concerns about civil and political rights Cambodia, including a ban on the main opposition party, calling on the Government to reset the dial to ensure a fully inclusive society ... More >>
Harassment of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong must stop
Wednesday, 25 September 2019, 9:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (24 September 2019) – UN human rights experts* have called upon China to immediately end harassment and surveillance of prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong. Mr. Jiang was initially forcibly disappeared for a period and then sentenced ... More >>
Norway must resolve climate change and human rights paradox
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 8:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
OSLO (23 September 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David Boyd, praised many elements of Norway’s leadership in protecting human rights and the environment, but said the oil and gas rich country must put more focus on ... More >>
Hate speech: UN experts make joint call for action
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 8:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 September 2019) – Thirty independent UN experts* have joined together to publish an open letter calling on States and social media firms to take action to curb the spread of hate speech. “We are alarmed by the recent increase in hateful ... More >>
UN expert on right to development visits Switzerland
Friday, 20 September 2019, 8:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 September 2019) – UN Special Rapporteur Saad Alfarargi will visit Switzerland from 23 September to 2 October 2019 to assess the country’s efforts to integrate the right to development into its policies. “I am looking forward to meeting Government ... More >>
Uzbekistan: UN rights expert in first visit
Thursday, 19 September 2019, 8:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 September 2019) – UN Special Rapporteur Diego García-Sayán will carry out an official visit to Uzbekistan from 19 to 25 September 2019 to assess measures adopted by the Government to ensure the independence of judges and prosecutors and ... More >>
UN expert implores Myanmar’s Suu Kyi: “open your eyes"
Wednesday, 18 September 2019, 9:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 September 2019) – A UN human rights expert has implored Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘feel with her heart before it is too late’, saying that even if refugees wished to return they have little to go back to. Yanghee ... More >>
Expert says planned Jordan Valley annexation is illegal
Friday, 13 September 2019, 8:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 September 2019) – A UN human rights expert has denounced comments by Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu that he would order the annexation of the Jordan Valley if re-elected prime minister, saying such action would represent a flagrant challenge ... More >>
UN housing rights expert visits Nigeria
Friday, 13 September 2019, 8:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 September 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Leilani Farha, is visiting Nigeria from 13 to 23 September 2019. “I look forward to travelling to the most populous nation in Africa to explore the challenges ... More >>
UN experts urge China to respect protesters' rights
Friday, 13 September 2019, 8:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (12 September 2019) - UN human rights experts* reacted with alarm to reports of attacks on demonstrators, arrests of activists and human rights defenders, and threats to communications, as protests in Hong Kong entered their third month. More >>
UN experts urge States to stop looking the other way
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 9:34 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 September 2019) – States around the world must act urgently to prevent enforced disappearances rather than looking the other way, said a group of UN human rights experts. More >>
Mongolia: Mining should serve sustainable development
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 9:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / ULAANBAATAR (11 September 2019) – The mining sector in Mongolia should play a truly transformative role and serve as a catalyst to ensure the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights, and spur human development, says a UN expert ... More >>
Financial institutions complicit in impact
Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 7:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 September 2019) – Austerity measures imposed by international financial institutions such as the IMF, regularly cause violations of human rights, says UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky in a ... More >>
Myanmar: UN experts concerned by incommunicado detention
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 8:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 September 2019) - UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about the use of incommunicado detention by the military in Myanmar, along with allegations of torture and ill-treatment and deaths in custody since the outbreak of armed conflict ... More >>
Nicaragua must stop reprisals against journalists
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 8:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (26 August 2019) – The Nicaraguan Government must stop reprisals against staff of the broadcaster Radio Dario and end repression of other media workers, say UN and Inter-American human rights experts*. “Recent allegations received show ... More >>
Sri Lanka: Ethno-religious tensions must not be ignored
Tuesday, 27 August 2019, 8:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / COLOMBO (26 August 2019) – Simmering ethno-religious tensions in Sri Lanka require urgent action by the authorities to strengthen respect for freedom of religion or belief in Sri Lanka, says UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief ... More >>
UN rights experts urge India to end communications shutdown
Friday, 23 August 2019, 9:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (22 August 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of India to end the crackdown on freedom of expression, access to information and peaceful protests imposed in Indian-Administered Kashmir this month. The experts ... More >>
States must do more to stop hate crimes
Thursday, 22 August 2019, 8:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (21 August 2019) – States have an important role to play in promoting religious tolerance and cultural diversity by promoting and protecting human rights, including freedom of religion or belief, say a group of UN independent experts*. The experts ... More >>
