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Mali reconciliation efforts must be supported, says UN
Tuesday, 20 August 2019, 8:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 August 2019) The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, has welcomed reconciliation initiatives launched in central Mali by traditional and religious leaders, civil society members and the local authorities. More >>
UN rights expert in first visit to Honduras
Thursday, 15 August 2019, 10:12 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / TEGUCIGALPA (14 August 2019) – UN Special Rapporteur Diego García-Sayán will carry out an official visit to Honduras from 16-22 August 2019 to assess the status of the independence of judges and prosecutors, and of the free exercise of ... More >>
Sri Lanka: UN Rapporteur on freedom of religion to visit
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 8:14 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / COLOMBO (13 August 2019) – The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Ahmed Shaheed, will carry out an official visit to Sri Lanka, from 15 to 26 August 2019. “I will look at how Sri Lanka promotes and protects the rights ... More >>
Scourge of homelessness adds to hardships for LGBT youth
Saturday, 10 August 2019, 11:21 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (9 August 2019) – On the occasion of International Youth Day, the UN’s Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, and the Special Rapporteur ... More >>
Use of racist language to gain votes or power must end
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 8:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 August 2019) – Following the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, the USA must take swift and decisive action that demonstrates its commitment to human rights, including the right to equal protection under the law, say a group of UN human rights ... More >>
UN experts urge decade of action to aid survival of language
Thursday, 8 August 2019, 8:07 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 August 2019) – In a statement to mark International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, UN human rights experts* are calling for a decade of action to protect and promote the use of indigenous languages, many of which are endangered: ... More >>
Palestine journalist must be allowed to call Jerusalem home
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 9:51 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (31 July 2019) – Two UN human rights experts have called on Israel to halt its efforts to deport the Palestinian photojournalist Mustafa Al-Nadir Iyad Al-Kharouf, and to regularize his status in Jerusalem. More >>
Sri Lankans must act together in favour of democracy
Saturday, 27 July 2019, 12:17 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA / COLOMBO (26 July 2019) — The people of Sri Lanka must act together to secure democracy, human rights and the rule of law, says the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi ... More >>
Myanmar: Human rights violations affecting region
Friday, 19 July 2019, 9:02 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
KUALA LUMPUR (18 July 2019) – Human rights violations in Myanmar are creating increasingly serious issues for South and South East Asia, a UN expert said today, urging stronger action by regional countries to address potential peace and security concerns. More >>
Italy: UN experts condemn criminalisation of migrant rescues
Friday, 19 July 2019, 9:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 July 2019) – UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concern over the detention and criminal proceedings in Italy against the German captain of the migrant rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3, and stated that the threats to the judge who ruled ... More >>
Hungary: Declared migrant ‘crisis’ not based in reality
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 8:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
BUDAPEST (17 July 2019) – “Politicisation of the issue of migration in Hungary has scapegoated migrants,” a UN expert said today, calling on the Government to re-evaluate its stance and immediately stop proclaiming it is confronting a “crisis ... More >>
Experts urge robust action for freedom of expression
Friday, 12 July 2019, 8:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (11 July 2019) – On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Joint Declarations on Freedom of Expression, the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, David Kaye, together with other regional experts, has called for a robust response to the ... More >>
Urgent medical treatment needed for detainees
Thursday, 11 July 2019, 9:32 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (10 July 2019) – UN human rights experts* today expressed serious concern that Iran continues to deny appropriate healthcare to detainees, despite repeated calls. “Over several months we have communicated to the Iranian Government our ... More >>
Sudan: UN experts denounce Internet shutdown
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 July 2019) – UN human rights experts* have denounced measures taken by the authorities to shut down the Internet in Sudan, saying it stifles free expression and association. More >>
Resources extraction fuels rights violations
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:22 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 July 2019) – Industry’s extraction of natural resources routinely inflicts acute human rights violations on racial and ethnic minorities, indigenous peoples and other marginalised groups, said the UN’s human rights expert on racism. In ... More >>
Expert calls for continued pressure in Myanmar
Thursday, 4 July 2019, 8:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (3 July 2019) – A UN human rights expert implored the international community to maintain pressure on Myanmar amid a deterioration of human rights in the country, citing concerns about possible war crimes in Rakhine State, the treatment of minorities, ... More >>
Belarus: Violations of human rights and freedoms continue
Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 9:03 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 July 2019) – The human rights situation in Belarus appears stable and calm but remains fundamentally poor with no significant improvements, a UN expert said today. Anaïs Marin, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights ... More >>
UN rights experts urge more protection for LGBTI refugees
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 8:10 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (1 July 2019) States and other actors involved in refugee protection must recognise the unique vulnerability and specific needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex and gender diverse (LGBTI) asylum-seekers and refugees, the UN Independent ... More >>
Experts urge more steps against enforced disappearance
Saturday, 29 June 2019, 11:58 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 June 2019) – “Kyrgyzstan is just a few steps away from ensuring a full protection from enforced disappearance and respect for the 1992 Declaration on the Protection of All Forms of Enforced Disappearances,” a delegation of the ... More >>
Any peace plan for Gaza will fail without framework
Saturday, 29 June 2019, 11:50 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (28 June 2019) The international community must insist that any proposal for an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the just and durable settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has to be firmly anchored in human rights and ... More >>
