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China must fulfil repeated pledges on chemical safety
Saturday, 30 March 2019, 1:29 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert has called on China to live up to its promises to implement effective measures to combat the hazards and risks in its fast growing chemical industry, following another deadly explosion at an industrial plant. More >>
Lao PDR’s economic strategy entrenches poverty
Friday, 29 March 2019, 10:55 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Lao PDR has pursued a top-down approach to economic growth and poverty alleviation that is all too often counterproductive, leading to impoverishment and jeopardising the rights of the poor and marginalised, according to a UN expert. “Despite important ... More >>
Khashoggi case: UN expert calls for public trials of accused
Friday, 29 March 2019, 9:53 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
A UN human rights expert said Saudi Arabia’s closed-door trials of those accused of killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi have thus far fallen short of meeting international standards. More >>
Murder of indigenous leader Sergio Rojas Ortiz condemned
Wednesday, 27 March 2019, 10:52 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The murder of Costa Rican human rights defender and indigenous leader Sergio Rojas Ortiz, has been condemned by UN human rights experts*. More >>
UN experts applaud children fighting climate change
Saturday, 23 March 2019, 1:16 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
UN experts on children’s rights, human rights defenders and human rights and the environment today lauded the Human Rights Council’s adoption of a resolution calling upon States “to provide a safe and empowering context for initiatives organized ... More >>
US “threats” against International Criminal Court must stop
Saturday, 23 March 2019, 1:14 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Warnings by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton of measures against the International Criminal Court (ICC) must not be allowed to hinder the Court’s ability to fulfil its mandate, say UN human rights experts*. ... More >>
Venezuela: UN experts condemn widespread rights violations
Friday, 22 March 2019, 9:15 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Venezuela: UN experts condemn widespread rights violations reported during protests More >>
Racism: UN experts condemn mosque attacks
Friday, 22 March 2019, 9:12 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
States must take urgent, concerted action to achieve racial equality and stop using nationalist populist rhetoric to stoke discrimination, says a group of UN human rights experts*. The appeal comes on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination ... More >>
Human rights to water and sanitation lead the way
Thursday, 21 March 2019, 9:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Human rights to water and sanitation lead the way to leaving no one behind, says UN expert More >>
UN rights expert unable to carry out visit to Morocco
Wednesday, 20 March 2019, 9:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego García-Sayán, has announced that the necessary conditions for his visit to Morocco have not been fulfilled. “The Government of Morocco has not been able to ensure a programme of ... More >>
People of African descent demand rights in Argentinia
Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 9:24 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Argentina must address the long-standing invisibility and persistent structural discrimination faced by Afro-Argentines, people of African descent and Africans, says a group of UN human rights experts* visiting the country. “Argentina should come to terms ... More >>
Israel exploitation of resources is human rights violation
Tuesday, 19 March 2019, 9:23 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Israel’s exploitation of Palestinian resources is human rights violation, says UN expert More >>
Iran: UN experts “shocked” at prison sentence for lawyer
Friday, 15 March 2019, 9:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Iran: UN experts “shocked” at lengthy prison sentence for human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh More >>
Fight against world drug problem must address unjust impact
Friday, 15 March 2019, 9:31 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Fight against world drug problem must address unjust impact on people of African descent, say UN rights experts More >>
Women’s rights must be central in drug policies, says UN
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 10:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
States around the world must address the specific concerns of women in drug policies, say UN human rights experts. The call by the UN Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice comes ahead of a high-level meeting on 14-15 ... More >>
Statelessness of millions of minorities must be addressed
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 10:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Millions around the world are deprived of citizenship because they belong to specific minorities, increasing their vulnerability and exclusion, says a UN human rights expert. “The horrific human tragedies and the humanitarian crisis involving the ... More >>
Italy must urgently protect evicted migrant workers, says UN
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 9:46 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Italy must act urgently to protect hundreds of migrant workers evicted from an informal settlement in Calabria, say UN human rights experts*. The informal settlement in San Ferdinando, which housed about 2,000 people, was cleared by the authorities between ... More >>
EU must align copyright reform with human rights
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 10:28 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
EU must align copyright reform with international human rights standards, says expert More >>
Iran: UN expert concerned by crackdown on protests
Tuesday, 12 March 2019, 10:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Worrying patterns of intimidation, arrest, prosecution, and ill-treatment of human rights defenders, lawyers, and labour rights activists in Iran signal an increasingly severe State response to protests and strikes in the country, a UN expert said today. More >>
UN expert speaks on deprivation of rights for disabled
Wednesday, 6 March 2019, 9:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Deprivation of liberty for people with disabilities a massive global rights violation, says UN expert More >>
