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17 Apr 2014, 7:06 am
[JURIST] The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) [official website] found [press release] on Wednesday that Argentine authorities had failed to ensure equal access and use of prison services and facilities for a prisoner with disabilities. [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 4:50 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] adopted a resolution Thursday condemning North Korea [press release] for human rights violations. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 9:39 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] on Tuesday extended the mandate for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) [official website; JURIST news archive] for the next three years. [read post]
13 Feb 2014, 6:24 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez [official profile] on Wednesday urged [news release] the Tajikistan government to implement policies and laws that have been previously adopted by the government in order to end torture and ill-treatment within the country. [read post]
19 May 2014, 8:29 am
[JURIST] Former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] began his defense case before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website] on Monday with testimony of Mile Sladoje, a former Serb army officer who claimed that he was never ordered to shoot civilians during the the 1995 Srebrenica massacre [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 6:41 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution [press release] extending the terms of office for the judges [official profiles] of the International Criminal Tribunal of the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website]. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 12:15 pm
[JURIST] Sri Lankan External Affairs Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris [official website] said Thursday that members of a recently-appointed UN panel [JURIST report] will not be permitted to enter the country to investigate allegations of human rights abuses during the last months of the Sri Lankan civil war [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 8:57 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner on Human Rights Navi Pilay [official profile] on Saturday urged the Syrian government [press release] to heed to the demands of protesters instead of responding with violence. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 8:21 am
The UN Refugee Agency (UNCHR) [official website] on Wednesday called 2016 the worst year for refugees [press release] crossing the Mediterranean Sea as the death toll reached its highest point. [read post]
9 Oct 2015, 6:18 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Wednesday urged [press release] the Mexican government to cease using their military as law enforcement and replace the current force with well trained police officers. [read post]
20 Jan 2015, 8:13 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Monday condemned [statement] attacks by Islamist extremist group Boko Haram [BBC backgrounder] in Nigeria and called for an end to terrorist attacks and release of abducted child soldiers. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 6:21 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Tuesday said there can no longer be any excuses for inaction [press release] in North Korea following the release of a 372-page report [JURIST report] documenting widespread crimes against humanity. [read post]
7 May 2015, 3:10 am
Three new lectures have been added to the UN Audiovisual Library of International Law. [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 9:54 am
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) [official website] on Monday reported an increase in civilian casualties [press release] from ground engagements in Afghanistan compared to the same time last year, with indications that the number will only continue to rise in the coming months. [read post]
15 Jun 2012, 12:46 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteurs on summary executions, Christof Heyns [official website], and on torture, Juan Mendez [official profile], on Friday condemned [press release] the violence against peaceful protesters, journalists and human rights defenders in Syria. [read post]
18 Oct 2011, 6:32 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery Gulnara Shahinian [official profile] on Monday said that the Lebanese government must create more legal protections [press release] for some 200,000 domestic workers in the country. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 9:36 am
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Friday criticized [press release] Iran for the mass execution of 20 people this week, calling the action "deplorable. [read post]
2 Nov 2016, 7:19 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression David Kaye [official profile] on Tuesday urged countries to take steps to ensure security of journalists [statement] and to be sure that security complies with international human rights. [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 5:51 am
[JURIST] A team of investigators from the UN Human Rights Council [official website] arrived in Gaza Monday to begin examining alleged violations of international human rights law during December and January's fighting between Israel and Hamas. [read post]
27 Jul 2012, 12:57 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on arbitrary executions Christof Heyns [official website] on Friday expressed concern [press release] about an announcement that the Iraqi Court of Cassation has upheld the death sentences of 196 individuals in the Anbar province of Iraq. [read post]
