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UN experts urge immediate medical attention to migrants

Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 9:33 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (18 June 2019) – UN human rights experts* urged Australia to immediately provide appropriate health care to more than 800 asylum seekers and other migrants who have been held in the country’s offshore facilities for the past five years ... More >>

Maldives: Moment of political hope at risk

Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 9:30 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

MALE (18 June 2019) - A UN human rights expert says the Republic of the Maldives should grab the chance offered by a moment of reform and optimism to strengthen Maldivian culture as a key response to the existential threat of climate change, and as a vital ... More >>

UN expert suspends Comoros visit after obstructions

Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 9:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (18 June 2019) - The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has suspended his official visit to Comoros, expressing regrets that he was unable to access all persons deprived of their liberty as considered necessary to fulfil his mandate. More >>

Mali: Cycle of violence against civilians must stop, says UN

Saturday, 15 June 2019, 11:01 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (14 June 2019) - Alioune Tine, the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, says continuing deadly attacks on civilians in certain areas of the country could be described as crimes against humanity and urged stronger protection ... More >>

UN expert on North Korean human rights to visit South Korea

Friday, 14 June 2019, 8:12 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (13 June 2019) - A UN expert on human rights in North Korea will visit South Korea from 17 to 21 June. More >>

Sexual abuse of older persons must be exposed, says expert

Friday, 14 June 2019, 8:08 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (13 June 2019) – The sexual abuse and rape of older persons is a subject rarely discussed, but nevertheless is a reality, says a UN expert. We must all be more attentive and report suspected cases of abuse of older people, says Independent ... More >>

Policymakers are taking decisions in the dark on LGBT issues

Thursday, 13 June 2019, 9:39 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (12 June 2019) – Information about the lived realities of LGBT people around the world is, at best, incomplete and fragmented, but in most countries it is simply non-existent, said the UN Independent Expert on protection against violence and discrimination ... More >>

Human rights experts call for investigation into Sudan

Thursday, 13 June 2019, 9:38 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

Sudan: UN human rights experts call for independent investigation into violations More >>

Canada’s inaction on toxic exposure a disturbing sign

Friday, 7 June 2019, 3:54 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

OTTAWA (6 June 2019) A UN human rights expert has questioned the efforts of Canada to prevent discrimination from the toxic impacts of business activities. More >>

The crime of exporting deadly air must end, says UN expert

Wednesday, 5 June 2019, 8:23 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (4 June 2019) - States must end the unethical and illegal trade of extremely toxic fuels between Europe and Africa, said a UN human rights expert on the occasion of World Environment Day (5 June 2019) which this year focuses on air pollution. More >>

Every five seconds, a premature death by air pollution

Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 10:37 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (3 June 2019) – Ahead of World Environment Day (*) on 5 June, an independent UN expert has urged States to beat air pollution to fulfill their human rights obligations. More >>

“Collective persecution” of Julian Assange must end

Saturday, 1 June 2019, 12:41 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

UN expert says “collective persecution” of Julian Assange must end now More >>

UN experts hail move to ‘depathologise’ trans identities

Thursday, 30 May 2019, 9:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (29 May 2019) – UN experts say the World Health Organisation’s move to end the categorisation of trans-related conditions as mental and behavioural disorders is a major step towards full respect for human rights connected to gender identity ... More >>

Central African Republic: UN expert condemns deadly attacks

Saturday, 25 May 2019, 12:30 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (24 May 2019) - The UN Independent Expert on the human rights situation in the Central African Republic (CAR) strongly condemns the recent attacks that led to the deaths of more than 49 people between 19 and 21 May in several villages in ... More >>

UN privacy expert seriously concerned by Ecuador

Friday, 24 May 2019, 9:18 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

UN expert on privacy seriously concerned by Ecuador’s behaviour in Assange and Moreno cases More >>

UN expert laments UK’s doubling down on anti-poor policy

Thursday, 23 May 2019, 9:56 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights

GENEVA (22 May 2019) - The UK Government’s policies have led to the systematic immiseration of millions across Great Britain, the UN’s expert on poverty and human rights said in a report released today, calling for a new vision that embodies compassion ... More >>

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