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23 Nov 2011, 8:18 am
[JURIST] The UN General Assembly's Human Rights Committee on Tuesday approved a draft resolution [materials] condemning recent human rights violations in Syria [press release; video]. [read post]
16 Feb 2016, 6:56 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] on Tuesday expressed concern [press release] over China's recent crackdown on lawyers and activists. [read post]
14 Dec 2016, 1:22 pm
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] warned [statement] Wednesday that South Sudan "teeters on the brink of a disaster. [read post]
27 Jul 2005, 11:37 am
[JURIST] The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday sent 10 cases for suspects in the country's 1994 genocide to Rwandan national courts, citing a need to meet its deadline of completing all trials by 2008. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 8:56 pm
[JURIST] A UN human rights expert has received permission from US officials to visit the United States to examine US practices when detaining terror suspects. [read post]
19 Jan 2017, 1:39 pm
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Cecilia Jimenez-Damary [official profile] on Thursday sharply condemned [press release] bombings in Nigeria as a means of counter insurgency against Boko Haram. [read post]
25 May 2010, 7:29 am
[JURIST] Several international human rights and jurist organizations on Monday petitioned the UN [text, PDF] to support Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in his inquiry into human rights violations during the Spanish Civil War [LOC backgrounder] and to ask Spain to end his criminal prosecution. [read post]
14 Oct 2011, 12:18 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Friday urged [statement] the international community to take steps to protect civilian lives in Syria, where more than 3,000 civilians have been killed since protests against the government began in March. [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 9:42 am
[JURIST] Experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] voiced concern [press release] on Thursday about the lack of medical treatment to two political prisoners in Iran who are at risk of dying in detention. [read post]
2 Feb 2016, 9:49 am
Experts from the UN and the Inter-American human rights systems urged Canada Monday to address the "root causes" [press release] of the extreme violence and discrimination against indigenous women and girls in the country at a meeting with Canadian Ministers for Justice, Indigenous and Northern Affairs, and for the Status of Women. [read post]
20 Mar 2003, 9:16 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello issued a statement on the war in Iraq Thursday. [read post]
6 Jan 2010, 12:13 pm
De conformidad con la Ley de la Propiedad Industrial mexicana, los diseños industriales se dividen en dos grandes conceptos: Dibujos Industriales Modelos Industriales Por un lado, los dibujos industriales son toda combinación de figuras, líneas o colores que se incorporen…Read more › [read post]
25 Jun 2014, 5:14 am
[JURIST] Gllobal environment crime [press release] is financing criminal activity and threatening global development, according to a report [text, PDF] released Tuesday by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and INTERPOL [official websites]. [read post]
19 Dec 2005, 3:58 pm
[JURIST] Manfred Nowak, the UN's Special Rapporteur on Torture [official website], has called for Germany to prosecute the Uzbek Minister of Internal Affairs, Zokirjon Almatov, for his handling of the May 2005 Andijan uprising [HRW backgrounder]. [read post]
23 Jan 2008, 7:45 am
[JURIST] Israel and the United States plan to boycott a special session [news release] of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] in Geneva Wednesday called to discuss possible human rights violations in Gaza in the wake of a blockade imposed by Israel [BBC report] on the area last Friday. [read post]
8 Oct 2004, 9:27 am
US Ambassador John Danforth said Friday that Washington wants the UN Security Council to do something "extraordinary" about the Sudan crisis, and that is "to convene...at the site of the peace negotiations in Kenya. [read post]
6 Jul 2006, 12:19 pm
[JURIST] Five special rapporteurs making up the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [official website] in the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] on Thursday called on the US [press release] to set a date for closing its detention facility at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Oct 2006, 1:31 pm
[JURIST] Fifteen Nobel Peace Prize laureates sent a letter [text] to United Nations [official website] member states Tuesday urging the UN General Assembly to explore an arms-trade treaty. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 10:43 am
[JURIST] UN prosecutors on Tuesday demanded that ex-Yugoslav army chief Momcilo Perisic [ICTY profile, PDF] receive a life sentence for war crimes and crimes against humanity. [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 9:02 am
The UN expert on freedom of religion or belief Tuesday condemned [press release] Yemen for the nation's arbitrary arrest and detention of people belonging to the Bahá'í religious community. [read post]
