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UN torture prevention body to visit Liberia
Friday, 26 October 2018, 11:04 am | United Nations
GENEVA (25 October 2018) – The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is set to carry out its second visit to Liberia from October 29 to November 2 to explore the treatment of people deprived of their liberty and the safeguards ... More >>
UN denounces Burundi for ‘belligerent and defamatory’ attack
Friday, 26 October 2018, 11:00 am | United Nations
The top United Nations human rights official has called on Burundi to “immediately retract” its threat to try and prosecute members of a UN Commission of Inquiry into rights abuses in the central African nation. More >>
UN Comment on statement by the Government of Burundi
Friday, 26 October 2018, 10:52 am | United Nations
“Yesterday’s statement by Burundi’s Ambassador Albert Shingiro attacking the report of the independent international Commission of Inquiry established by the UN Human Rights Council is deeply regrettable in both tone and substance. More >>
Japan must halt returns to Fukushima
Friday, 26 October 2018, 10:41 am | United Nations
GENEVA (25 October 2018) - A UN human rights expert has urged the Japanese Government to halt the ongoing relocation of evacuees who are children and women of reproductive age to areas of Fukushima where radiation levels remain higher than what was considered ... More >>
UN Day Message from UN Secretary General
Wednesday, 24 October 2018, 2:34 pm | United Nations
24 October United Nations Day marks the birthday of our founding Charter – the landmark document that embodies the hopes, dreams and aspirations of “we the peoples”. Every day, the women and men of the United Nations work to give practical meaning ... More >>
Inhumane conditions in informal settlements a global scandal
Saturday, 20 October 2018, 11:32 am | United Nations
NEW YORK (18 October 2018) – Ignoring almost 900 million people living in overcrowded informal settlements is a global human rights scandal that governments must resolve, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing said today. More >>
Prospect of peace in Middle East is ‘shared responsibility'
Friday, 19 October 2018, 10:44 am | United Nations
Violence is on the rise in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Israeli authorities are continuing to demolish and confiscate Palestinian-owned homes and property, in contravention of international law, the United Nations envoy for ... More >>
South Sudan: UN urges release of abducted civilians
Friday, 19 October 2018, 10:41 am | United Nations
GENEVA / JUBA (18 October 2018) – A UN report has documented the immense suffering of civilians in the Western Equatoria region of South Sudan where 900 people were abducted and 24,000 forced to flee their homes during a surge in violence between ... More >>
Proposed cybersecurity bill is too extreme - UN
Friday, 19 October 2018, 10:39 am | United Nations
GENEVA (18 October 2018) – The Australian Government should drop its “fatally flawed” proposed legislation that forces tech companies to help spy on citizens in various ways, including granting access to phones and other devices, the UN Special ... More >>
UN experts deeply concerned by State-sponsored abductions
Friday, 19 October 2018, 10:38 am | United Nations
NEW YORK (18 October 2018) – The world is witnessing a new and very worrying practice of extraterritorial abductions by States, a UN expert told the UN General Assembly today, highlighting the case of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. More >>
UN publishes findings on six countries
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 11:24 am | United Nations
GENEVA (October 17, 2018) – The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has published its findings on the rights records of countries it examined during its latest session: Argentina, Cape Verde, Germany, Mali, South Africa and Turkmenistan. More >>
Unilateral sanctions hurting civilians must be dropped
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 11:22 am | United Nations
NEW YORK (17 October 2018) – Unilateral sanctions that deprive innocent people of food and medicines must end immediately, a UN Special Rapporteur on the effect of sanctions on human rights said today. More >>
Malaysian Government’s decision to abolish the death penalty
Friday, 12 October 2018, 3:40 pm | United Nations
The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Malaysian Cabinet to seek abolition of the death penalty in the country. This decision was taken as we commemorated the World Day against the Death Penalty on 10 October. More >>
Niger: human rights protection must be central
Friday, 12 October 2018, 10:42 am | United Nations
GENEVA/NIAMEY (11 October 2018) – A UN human rights expert has urged Niger to put human rights at the centre of its migration policies, and called on international donors, including the European Union, to provide more assistance to Niger which is ... More >>
Secretary-General Remarks to the Asean Leaders’ Gathering
Friday, 12 October 2018, 10:24 am | United Nations
President Widodo, thank you very much for your invitation and warm hospitality. More >>
UN Child Rights Committee issues findings
Friday, 12 October 2018, 10:21 am | United Nations
GENEVA (October 11, 2018) — The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from September 17 to October 5: Benin, El Salvador, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mauritania, ... More >>
Ecuador: UN welcomes moves to protect freedom of expression
Friday, 12 October 2018, 9:37 am | United Nations
QUITO (11 October 2018) – A UN human rights expert has welcomed and strongly encouraged the ongoing legal and policy changes initiated by the Ecuador Government to promote and protect the rights to freedom of opinion and expression. More >>
UN: Message on the International Day of the Girl Child
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 2:55 pm | United Nations
Today, 600 million adolescent girls are preparing to enter a world of work transformed by innovation and automation. They are the largest generation in history and a vast source of ideas and solutions for all career fields. Yet far too often, girls are ... More >>
UN demands probe into disappearance of Saudi journalist
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 11:35 am | United Nations
GENEVA (9 October 2018) - UN experts have expressed their grave concern about the disappearance of Saudi journalist and government critic, Jamal Khashoggi, in Istanbul, and called for a prompt independent and international investigation into the case. More >>
States must listen to girls and deliver their rights
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 11:32 am | United Nations
GENEVA (9 October 2018) – States around the world must take effective action to end discrimination and gender-based violence faced by girls, say a group of UN rights experts*. In a joint statement to mark International Day of the Girl Child, the experts ... More >>
