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Threats Against Factory Workers & Activists in Vietnan
Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 9:04 am | United Nations
GENEVA (20 March 2018) – UN human rights experts* express their concern about reports that women workers at two Samsung Electronics factories in Viet Nam, as well as labour activists, have been subjected to intimidation and harassment after they ... More >>
Use of Force Against Protestors in DR Congo
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 8:38 am | United Nations
GENEVA/KINSHASA (19 March 2018) – The right to freedom of peaceful assembly was severely restricted and often violently suppressed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2017 and the trend continues so far this year, according to a UN report ... More >>
Human Rights Defenders Beaten in Iran Jail
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 8:36 am | United Nations
GENEVA (19 March 2018) – UN human rights experts* expressed concern at the continued targeting of human rights defenders in Iran, including about reports that two well-known women human rights defenders have been subjected to beatings in detention. More >>
UN experts urge Saudi Arabia to halt executions
Friday, 16 March 2018, 10:03 am | United Nations
GENEVA (15 March 2018) – UN experts* have expressed concern over the imminent execution in Saudi Arabia of a man convicted of spying for Iran, financing terrorism and spreading the Shia faith, and called on the Government to annul the death sentence. More >>
Mexican Investigation Marred by Torture & Cover-Ups
Friday, 16 March 2018, 9:26 am | United Nations
GENEVA (15 March 2018) – There are strong grounds to believe that some of the people detained in Mexico during the early stages of the investigation into the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa in 2014 were arbitrarily detained and tortured, and ... More >>
Expert formulates 23 principles of international order
Friday, 16 March 2018, 9:00 am | United Nations
GENEVA (15 March 2018) – The UN’s first Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, today shared his seventh and final thematic report to the Human Rights Council at an event on the ... More >>
PNG Highlands Earthquake Situation Report No. 2, 14 March
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 8:54 pm | United Nations
Please find enclosed the link to Situation Report no. 2 on the highlands earthquake in Papua New Guinea . This report covers the period from 10 to 14 March 2018. More >>
Cambodia at a crossroads
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 11:38 am | United Nations
PHNOM PENH (14 March 2018) – The UN expert on the human rights situation in Cambodia has expressed serious concerns about restrictions on the media, freedom of expression and political participation ahead of a national election in July, calling on the ... More >>
Eritrea: elderly school chief dies in custody
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 11:36 am | United Nations
GENEVA (14 March 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation human of rights in Eritrea has deplored the arbitrary arrest and detention of hundreds people who have challenged the Government’s restrictions at a school, and expressed concerns ... More >>
UN experts condemn decision to seek death sentence
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 11:56 am | United Nations
GENEVA (13 March 2018) – UN human rights experts strongly condemn a decision by the Egyptian prosecutor to seek the death sentence against acclaimed photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as “Shawkan”, who was arrested while covering anti-government ... More >>
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 9:48 am | United Nations
(Dhaka, 13 March 2018) From 7 to 13 March I visited Bangladesh to assess the situation of the Rohingya population who have crossed the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh since the most recent incidents of violence in northern Rakhine state in October ... More >>
Myanmar: UN expert calls for accountability over violence
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 9:11 am | United Nations
GENEVA (12 March 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Yanghee Lee, told the Human Rights Council on Monday she was increasingly of the opinion that the events in Rakhine State bear the hallmarks of genocide and ... More >>
UN disability rights experts issue findings
Tuesday, 13 March 2018, 9:07 am | United Nations
GENEVA (12 February 2018) – The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published its findings on the following countries which it examined during its latest session from 14 February to 9 March in Geneva: Haiti, Nepal, Oman, Sudan, ... More >>
UN Secretary-General's Message on International Women's Day
Thursday, 8 March 2018, 2:19 pm | United Nations
We are at a pivotal moment for women’s rights. The historical and structural inequalities that have allowed oppression and discrimination to flourish are being exposed like never before. From Latin America to Europe to Asia, on social media, on film sets, ... More >>
UN Sec-Gen remarks on New Maritime Boundary Agreement
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 1:32 pm | United Nations
UN Secretary-General's remarks on New Maritime Boundary Agreement between Australia and Timor-Leste More >>
Children risk being “commodities” as surrogacy spreads
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 10:02 am | United Nations
GENEVA (6 March 2018) - Children face becoming commodities as surrogacy arrangements become more prevalent, and urgent action is needed to protect their rights, the UN Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children has warned. More >>
Hungary: Opinion Editorial
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 10:01 am | United Nations
“Last week, the Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, said it was "slanderous" and "unacceptable" of me to call his Prime Minister a racist. He claimed I had "accused Hungary of being comparable to the worst dictatorships of the last century" and demanded ... More >>
#MeToo: “A transformative moment, liberating and empowering”
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 9:58 am | United Nations
GENEVA (6 March 2018) – UN human rights experts* have lauded the powerful global movement that has shone the spotlight on sexual violence against women and gender inequality, and paid tribute to those who have dared to speak out and demand change. More >>
People with disabilities denied the power to make decisions
Wednesday, 7 March 2018, 9:56 am | United Nations
GENEVA (6 March 2018) – People with disabilities are losing control over their everyday lives, and are even risking abuse and neglect, because of laws and practices that strip them of legal capacity, said the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of ... More >>
Liberia: UN human rights expert starts official visit
Tuesday, 6 March 2018, 9:21 am | United Nations
GENEVA (5 March 2018) – The UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, David Kaye, is carrying out his first official visit to Liberia this week to assess the situation of freedom of expression and access to information in the country. More >>
