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19 Dec 2011, 4:48 pm
Independent UN expert on torture calls for unrestricted access to Manning and other US detainees On July 12, 2011, Juan Mendez, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, stated that it was "vital for him to have unmonitored access to Bradley Manning. [read post]
5 May 2021, 6:32 am
Trump—Facebook announced that its corporate human rights policy will be committed to the the United Nation’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights:On March 16, 2021, Facebook announced its corporate human rights policy, where it commemorated its commitment to respecting rights in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). [read post]
5 May 2024, 6:44 pm
While Hong Kong’s ratification to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) occurred in 1976 during the colonial era as the United Kingdom’s ratification was extended to the then dependent territory, Annex I, Section XIV of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and Article 39 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law legally guarantee that the ICCPR remains in force in Hong Kong since the end of the colonial era on 1 July 1997. [read post]
12 May 2023, 12:41 pm
The United States Government should consider imposing sanctions on judges to counter the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong. [read post]
23 Nov 2022, 5:04 pm
The report also includes a chapter on the PRC’s efforts globally to intimidate and silence U.S. citizens and others critical of the PRC’s human rights record, including at the United Nations and in other multinational fora. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 5:56 am
In a 2022 report, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Diego García-Sayán noted “a global increase in practices that undermine, limit, restrict and hinder the practice of law. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 7:01 am
(0)October 11, 2011 -- HRC Resolution to appoint Special Rapporteur for Transitional Justice (0) [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 1:28 pm
Eviction of travellers The move to evict more than 85 travellers’ families from Dale Farm, in Basildon, has now attracted criticisms from the United Nations. [read post]
19 Sep 2024, 6:07 am
The United Nations General Assembly plans a number of big-picture discussions for its annual high-level week gathering some 150 global leaders in New York beginning Sept. 22. [read post]
7 May 2021, 7:07 pm
As stated in a study by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the relationship between climate change and the full and effective enjoyment of the rights of the child: The negative impacts of climate change on children trigger obligations among all duty bearers to take action to protect all children from its actual and foreseeable adverse effects. [read post]
7 Jun 2024, 10:12 am
The Special Rapporteur highlighted that although technology can indeed be used “to promote terrorism, incite violence, and manipulate elections, these concerns are frequently exploited to justify crackdowns on digital civil society. [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 6:18 am
Knox, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment (former Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment) and Henry C. [read post]
14 Oct 2024, 2:50 am
The closing submissions are due to commence on 22 October 2024. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 6:06 am
Other States objected in their “explanation of position” documents, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, and the European Union (joined by 22 additional States for a total of 50). [read post]
16 Apr 2021, 4:12 pm
United KingdomThe Duchess of Sussex v. [read post]
24 Mar 2011, 1:12 pm
He has been involved with the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS) since 2000, including as Second Vice-Chair and Rapporteur in 2004-06 of the committee bureau. [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 4:28 pm
He has been involved with the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN-COPUOS) since 2000, including as Second Vice-Chair and Rapporteur in 2004-06 of the committee bureau. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 9:55 pm
More recently, at the March 2018 meeting of the Human Rights Council, John Knox, the Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, will present the "Report on Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment" along with reports on the human right to a healthy environment, children's rights and the environment, and reports on country visits (discussed here). [read post]
10 May 2021, 4:54 pm
The Board referred to these arguments based on public international law, among them recently issued sources, such as the Rabat Plan of Action, and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the General Comment No. 34 of the Human Rights Committee (2011), and the UN Special Rapporteur’s report on freedom of opinion and expression A/HRC/38/35 (2018). [read post]
18 Jun 2017, 4:10 pm
Japan The UN’s special rapporteur on freedom of expression has accused Japan of eroding media freedoms and stifling public debate of issues such as the Fukushima nuclear meltdown and the country’s actions during the second world war. [read post]
