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31 Aug 2017, 6:14 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] said Wednesday that US President Donald Trump's constant criticism of journalists constitutes an attack on the freedom of the press. [read post]
1 Aug 2014, 8:51 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt [official webpage] on Thursday reported serious violations [press release] of religious freedom persist in Vietnam. [read post]
31 Jul 2014, 7:51 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Heiner Bielefeldt [official webpage] on Thursday reported serious violations [press release] of religious freedom persist in Vietnam. [read post]
23 Feb 2012, 6:45 am
[JURIST] The UN-appointed Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria on Wednesday accused Syria of violating international human rights law [report, PDF] after finding that Syrian forces are engaging in torture and killings under orders from high level government officials. [read post]
2 Nov 2015, 11:06 am
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] urged greater protection for journalists' rights [text] and honored journalists and media workers killed in the line of duty as he marked the second observation of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists [official website] on Monday. [read post]
26 Apr 2018, 12:22 pm
UN high commissioner for human rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Friday praised [press release] Ethiopia for its willingness to openly discuss human rights challenges after completing his second official visit within the year. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 10:12 am
Eric Tistounet (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) has published The UN Human Rights Council: A Practical Anatomy (Edward Elgar Publishing 2020). [read post]
17 Apr 2017, 11:49 am
The under-secretary-general for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) [official website] Stephen O'Brien on Sunday condemned [press release] attacks against people, including many civilians, who were fleeing the Syrian towns of Foah and Kefraya. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 8:31 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Wednesday condemned [press release] the assassination of Pakistani Minister for Minority Affairs Shahbaz Bhatti and expressed her opposition to Pakistan's controversial blasphemy law [text; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
30 Jan 2017, 11:16 am
[JURIST] Nils Melzer, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, on Monday urged [press release] US President Donald Trump [official website] not to reinstate torture policies. [read post]
24 May 2018, 1:42 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres [official profile] on Thursday revealed [press release] a new agenda for nuclear disarmament. [read post]
2 Feb 2015, 9:25 am
[JURIST] The head of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) [official website], Irina Bokova [official profile], on Monday condemned [press release] the killings of Mexican journalist Moisés Sánchez Cerezo and Japanese freelancer Kenji Goto. [read post]
1 May 2015, 8:51 am
[JURIST] UN Women [official website] on Monday released Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights [text], the gender-equality organization's flagship report on the status of women around the world. [read post]
3 Apr 2011, 8:44 am
[JURIST] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [official website] on Sunday called [statement] on the UN to retract the Goldstone Report [text, PDF; JURIST news archive] following statements made by Richard Goldstone in a Washington Post op-ed [text]. [read post]
28 Mar 2016, 10:12 am
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] released a statement [statement] on Sunday condemning the suicide bombers who targeted Pakistani Christians celebrating the Easter holiday in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park. [read post]
19 Sep 2016, 5:30 am
You can watch the proceedings via the UN's Web TV.I have updated my earlier post with additional commentary.In addition, take advantage of this reading list of freely available articles from the Journal of Refugee Studies, provided via an OUP blog post on the refugee summits. [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 11:12 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Saturday urged [official statement] Nepalese authorities to conclude the forthcoming Constituent Assembly [official website] elections peacefully with a view toward drafting a new constitution. [read post]
2 Oct 2016, 9:00 pm
Sous le nom du deuxième examinateur, la signature était toutefois celle d'un Directeur, signant pour le compte de cet examinateur (i.V. = in [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 10:41 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] called Monday for Syria to immediately halt the killings and violence against civilian protesters. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 6:11 am
The UN Independent Expert on Minority Issues Rita Izsák-Ndiaye [official profile] called [press release] release for action to preserve the progress made in the protection of minority rights. [read post]
