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It is now imperative to pursue criminal accountability
Saturday, 23 January 2016, 8:00 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
“It is now imperative to pursue criminal accountability of the DPRK leadership” – UN Special Rapporteur More >>
Zeid deplores mass execution of 47 people in Saudi Arabia
Monday, 4 January 2016, 10:58 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (3 January 2016) — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Sunday he deeply regretted the news that 47 people had been executed in a single day in Saudi Arabia, and deplored the execution of Sheikh Nimr Al-Nimr ... More >>
Comment on Burundi killing
Saturday, 7 November 2015, 5:35 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Burundi killing More >>
UN expert warns against proposed funding bills in Bangladesh
Saturday, 7 November 2015, 5:31 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (6 November 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, on Friday urged the Bangladeshi Parliament not to adopt a bill which could severely restrict civil society ... More >>
Freedom of expression stifled in Belarus
Saturday, 7 November 2015, 5:27 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Freedom of expression stifled in Belarus, in media and on Internet, UN rights expert warns More >>
Stronger protection required from hazardous substances
Saturday, 24 October 2015, 1:41 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
South Korea / Hazardous substances: UN expert calls for stronger protections for people at high-risk More >>
Using force will not stop the global migration crisis
Saturday, 24 October 2015, 1:38 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Using force will not stop the global migration crisis – UN experts call for smart mobility solutions More >>
Freedom of religion or belief for children to be protected
Saturday, 24 October 2015, 1:26 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Children also have the right to freedom of religion or belief, and that must be protected More >>
UN expert urges Angola to release activists
Saturday, 24 October 2015, 11:16 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (23 October 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, today urged the Government of Angola to release fourteen activists arrested in June after taking part in peaceful meetings ... More >>
Close to 8,000 people killed in eastern Ukraine – UN
Wednesday, 9 September 2015, 8:49 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (8 September 2015) – Close to 8,000 people have lost their lives in eastern Ukraine since mid-April 2014, UN Human Rights Chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said Tuesday as he released the 11th report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission ... More >>
UN independent expert on summary executions to visit Ukraine
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 8:41 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions will visit Ukraine to assess the level of protection of the right to life in the country following the outbreak of the crisis in early 2014. More >>
UN Committee on the situation of Syrian migrants
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 8:39 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Millions of people have been forced to migrate from their homeland in search of safe havens abroad due to the on-going war in Syria. While neighbouring States have opened their borders to millions of Syrian migrants, other countries, especially in Europe ... More >>
UN launches first official visit to the Republic of Moldova
Tuesday, 8 September 2015, 8:32 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN expert on the rights of persons with disabilities launches first official visit to the Republic of Moldova More >>
Call for global rules for immediate search of disappeared
Monday, 31 August 2015, 10:35 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
“Time is of the essence” – UN experts call for global rules for the immediate search of the disappeared More >>
Young woman risks 20 lashes for ‘indecent dressing’
Saturday, 29 August 2015, 10:30 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Young woman risks 20 lashes for ‘indecent dressing’ – UN experts urge Sudan to overturn “outrageous conviction” More >>
Journalists further targeted in South Sudan
Friday, 28 August 2015, 8:25 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Journalists further targeted in South Sudan – UN rights experts warn violence against the media is on the rise More >>
UN report reveals “endemic impunity” in Darfur
Saturday, 22 August 2015, 10:22 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (21 August 2015) – Serious human rights violations and abuses that occurred in Darfur in 2014, including killings and sexual violence, have largely gone uninvestigated and unpunished, according to a new report by the UN Human Rights Office. More >>
Prison sentencing of rights defenders in Azerbaijan
Friday, 21 August 2015, 7:55 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (20 August 2015) – A group of United Nations human rights experts* today condemned the recent prison sentencing of prominent Azerbaijani human rights activists Leyla and Arif Yunus as “manifestly politically motivated and representative of ... More >>
Committee against Torture publishes findings
Saturday, 15 August 2015, 10:46 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (14 August 2015) – The UN Committee against Torture has published its findings on the countries it examined during its latest session from 27 July to 14 August: Slovakia, Iraq, and Switzerland. More >>
Un call on Iran to release journalist Jason Rezaian
Saturday, 15 August 2015, 10:45 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN human rights experts call on Iran to release journalist Jason Rezaian as he awaits verdict More >>
