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UN Experts Urge States To Unite For Peace And Push For Ceasefire In Gaza
Sunday, 10 December 2023, 4:55 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (8 December 2023) – Member States of the United Nations must use all measures at their disposal and their influence to promote an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, UN human rights experts* said, issuing a clarion call for peace ahead of ... More >>
UN Experts Condemn Russian Supreme Court Decision Banning “LGBT Movement” As “extremist”
Friday, 8 December 2023, 9:40 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (7 December 2023) – UN experts* today raised concerns about the dangerous precedent and far-reaching negative consequences of the Russian Supreme Court decision declaring the “international LGBT movement and its structural units” as “extremist”, ... More >>
Georgia: Veneer Of Openness Masks Systematic Efforts To Undermine Human Rights Defenders, UN Expert Warns
Wednesday, 8 November 2023, 8:57 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
TBILISI (7 November 2023) – The Georgian authorities must radically improve their attitude towards human rights defenders, from public statements to policies and legislative frameworks, to create a supportive environment for their legitimate work and dispel ... More >>
Iran: UN Experts Shocked By New Wave Of Attacks On Girls And Women
Friday, 3 November 2023, 11:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 November 2023) – UN experts* today expressed shock over the death of 16-year-old Armita Geravand, who was hospitalised after collapsing on a subway in Tehran on 1 October, allegedly following an altercation about failing to wear a headdress ... More >>
Gaza Is ‘running Out Of Time’ UN Experts Warn, Demanding A Ceasefire To Prevent Genocide
Friday, 3 November 2023, 11:26 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (2 November 2023) – Time is running out to prevent genocide and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, UN experts warned today, expressing deep frustration with Israel’s refusal to halt plans to decimate the besieged Gaza strip. “We remain convinced ... More >>
Lao PDR: Stop Deporting Human Rights Defenders, Says UN Expert
Saturday, 28 October 2023, 6:48 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (27 October 2023) – Laotian authorities must not deport people, including human rights defenders, to countries where there are substantial grounds to believe that they would face an imminent risk of enforced disappearance, torture, summary ... More >>
Belarus Misuses Counter-terrorism And Anti-extremism Legislation To Stifle Dissent: UN Expert
Friday, 27 October 2023, 8:53 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (26 October 2023) – The Belarusian authorities are misusing counter-terrorism and anti-extremism legislation to further purge civic space, suppress freedom of expression and eradicate political opposition, a UN expert said. “Many opposition ... More >>
Afghanistan: Perfect Storm Of Human Rights Challenges Require Urgent Redress, Says UN Expert
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:29 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (24 October 2023) – Afghanistan is facing a convergence of challenges, including a deteriorating human rights situation due to the Taliban's repressive policies and practices, a culture of impunity, an ongoing humanitarian and economic ... More >>
Myanmar: UN Expert Urges Member States To Strengthen “Growing Trend” Of Coordinated Action
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:27 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Myanmar: UN expert urges Member States to strengthen “growing trend” of coordinated action as human rights and humanitarian crisis deepens NEW YORK (24 October 2023) – A growing trend of coordinated action by Member States, including sanctions targeting ... More >>
Iran Must Safeguard Basic Freedoms And Protect Human Rights: UN Expert
Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 6:25 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (24 October 2023) – The entrenched shortcomings in the legal and political framework of the Islamic Republic of Iran significantly limit the ability of Iranian citizens to exercise their right to democratic participation in political and public ... More >>
UN Experts Urge Lawyers Advising Israeli Military To Refuse Legal Authorisation Of Actions That May Amount To War Crimes
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 6:10 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (23 October 2023) – UN experts* today called on all lawyers advising the Israeli military to refuse legal authorisation for acts that may amount to war crimes in retaliation for the Hamas attacks on Israel. “We unequivocally condemn the massacres ... More >>
Sweden must strengthen dialogue with faith communities to combat religious or belief intolerance: UN expert
Saturday, 21 October 2023, 7:00 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
STOCKHOLM (20 October 2023) – UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Nazila Ghanea, today urged Sweden to strengthen its engagement and dialogue with faith communities to combat religious or belief intolerance in the light of ... More >>
Gaza: UN experts decry bombing of hospitals and schools as crimes against humanity, call for prevention of genocide
Friday, 20 October 2023, 6:16 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (19 October 2023) – UN experts* today expressed outrage against the deadly strike at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which killed more than 470 civilians on Tuesday (17) and trapped hundreds under the rubble. The strike reportedly followed ... More >>
China: UN Expert Urges Release Of Human Rights Defender Guo Feixiong
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 9:59 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (18 October 2023) – Chinese authorities can no longer ignore calls for the release of human rights defender Guo Feixiong, whose health has been seriously deteriorating in prison, a UN expert said today. “Mr. Guo Feixiong is unjustly ... More >>
UN Special Rapporteurs Urge Pakistan To Stop Planned Mass Deportation Of Afghans
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 9:46 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 October 2023) – Pakistan should immediately cancel plans to deport 1.4 million Afghan nationals back to their country, UN experts* said today. The Government of Pakistan, which has hosted millions of Afghans for decades, recently announced ... More >>
UN Expert Urges Immediate Ceasefire And Humanitarian Access As Gaza Health Sector Reaches “Breaking Point”
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 8:13 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (17 October 2023) – Continuing violent displacement and threats of further attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip pose a major public health risk and emergency, a UN expert said today after at least 12 health workers were killed and 24 Gazan ... More >>
UN Special Rapporteur calls for robust labour frameworks to protect rights of migrant workers regardless of status
Wednesday, 18 October 2023, 6:20 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
NEW YORK (17 October 2023) – The labour and human rights of migrants is among the defining issues of our era, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, said in his last report presented to the UN General ... More >>
UN Expert Warns Of New Instance Of Mass Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestinians, Calls For Immediate Ceasefire
Sunday, 15 October 2023, 7:00 pm | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (14 October 2023) – A UN human rights expert warned today that Palestinians are in grave danger of mass ethnic cleansing and called on the international community to urgently mediate a ceasefire between warring Hamas and Israeli occupation forces. ... More >>
Israel must rescind evacuation order for northern Gaza and comply with international law: UN expert
Saturday, 14 October 2023, 6:48 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
GENEVA (13 October 2023) – A UN expert today demanded that Israel immediately rescind its order for 1.1 million Palestinians to leave northern Gaza within 24 hours, condemning the evacuation order as a crime against humanity and a blatant violation ... More >>
Israel/occupied Palestinian Territory: UN Experts Deplore Attacks On Civilians
Friday, 13 October 2023, 6:06 am | UN Special Procedures - Human Rights
Call For Truce And Urge International Community To Address Root Causes Of Violence GENEVA (12 October 2023) – UN independent experts* today unequivocally condemned targeted and deadly violence directed at civilians in Israel and violent and indiscriminate ... More >>
