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Iraq: Pillay warns of “acute vulnerability” of civilians
Saturday, 14 June 2014, 3:26 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Iraq: Pillay warns of “acute vulnerability” of civilians caught in cross-fire, targeted in attacks or trapped in ISIL-controlled areas More >>
Trafficking for the removal of organs is a real issue
Saturday, 14 June 2014, 3:24 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Trafficking for the removal of organs is a real issue, but little is known about it – UN Special Rapporteur More >>
OHCHR Briefing Notes
Saturday, 14 June 2014, 1:21 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay will later today issue a press release expressing extreme alarm at the dramatic deterioration of the situation in Iraq, amid reports of summary executions and extrajudicial killings, and the massive ... More >>
Pillay urges China to release detained activists
Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 3:33 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Pillay urges China to release detained activists, relax restrictions on discussion of 1989 Tiananmen protests More >>
Syria: Door remains wide open for further atrocities
Sunday, 1 June 2014, 12:15 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Syria: Door remains wide open for further atrocities after lack of referral to the ICC, UN experts warn More >>
Myanmar: “Build on achievements and reach for democracy”
Saturday, 31 May 2014, 1:42 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
Myanmar: “Build on achievements and reach for democracy” – Outgoing UN Special Rapporteur GENEVA (30 May 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today calls on the Government ... More >>
Regulation of labour markets key to eradicate forced labour
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:46 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (23 May 2014) – A group of United Nations independent experts on slavery, migrants and trafficking today called on world Governments to adopt a legally binding international protocol to respond to today’s challenge of forced labour worldwide. More >>
Pillay condemns military coup and urges restoration of law
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:44 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (23 May 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged Thailand to “ensure respect for human rights and a prompt restoration of the rule of law in the country.” More >>
Myanmar: Constitutional Reform
Saturday, 24 May 2014, 11:43 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (23 May 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, Tomás Ojea Quintana, today called on Myanmar to press forward with the on-going process of constitutional reform. More >>
Alarming deterioration in human rights in eastern Ukraine
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 9:02 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA / KYIV (16 May 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said Friday that a new UN report produced by her 34-strong monitoring team in Ukraine shows “an alarming deterioration in the human rights situation in the east of the ... More >>
UN urges States to be clearer on military expenditure
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 8:59 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
BRUSSELS (16 May 2014) – At the conclusion of an expert consultation convened by the Independent Expert on the Promotion of a Democratic and Equitable International Order in Brussels on 15 May and attended by senior representatives of several organizations ... More >>
Comoros must address past mercenaries’ impact on present
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 8:54 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA/MORONI (16 May 2014) - Ending a nine-day official visit to Comoros today, the Working Group on the use of mercenaries called upon the Government to prioritize effective governance and respect for human rights in order to move forward from a ... More >>
Enforced disappearances: UN expert group concerned
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 8:51 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (16 May 2014) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* reviewed during its 103rd session more than one hundred newly reported cases and examined around 800 updates from governments and sources on previously ... More >>
Violation of the right to water in Aleppo unacceptable
Saturday, 17 May 2014, 8:49 am | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (16 May 2014) – “Interference with water supplies even in the context of an ongoing conflict is entirely unacceptable,” warned today two UN experts* on the rights to water and sanitation, and to health, expressing concern that “large ... More >>
UN rights experts outraged by harsh sentence against blogger
Friday, 16 May 2014, 4:21 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (15 May 2014) – A group of UN human rights experts today expressed alarm at the conviction to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes, and a 1 million Saudi riyal fine against Saudi online activist and blogger, Raef Badawi. More >>
OHCHR Briefing Notes
Saturday, 10 May 2014, 3:05 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has just issued a press release commenting on a detailed new UN report describing gross violations of human rights in South Sudan “on a massive scale,” including possible war crimes and crimes ... More >>
Human rights violations in South Sudan
Saturday, 10 May 2014, 3:02 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
UN report documenting human rights violations on “a massive scale” in South Sudan underscores extreme urgency – Pillay More >>
UN Experts urge Azerbaijan to drop charges
Saturday, 10 May 2014, 3:00 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (9 May 2014) – Two United Nations independent experts on Friday expressed serious concern over the charges brought against three human rights defenders in the aftermath of the 2013 presidential elections in Azerbaijan. More >>
UN Human Rights - Briefing Notes
Saturday, 3 May 2014, 4:34 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
This afternoon, the High Commissioner will brief the Security Council, at its request, in public session on her recent mission to South Sudan in the company of Adama Dieng, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (a link to ... More >>
Ethiopia: Pillay condemns crackdown on journalists
Saturday, 3 May 2014, 2:04 pm | United Nations Human Rights Commissioner
GENEVA (2 May 2014) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday expressed concerns about the increasing restrictions placed on freedom of opinion and expression in Ethiopia, following the recent arrest and detention of six bloggers ... More >>
