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26 Mar 2012, 11:58 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human RightsNavi Pillay [official website] on Monday cited enforced disappearances as one of the most heinous crimes during her opening statement [text] to the Committee on Enforced Disappearances. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 9:51 am
[JURIST] The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic [official website] released a report [text, DOC] Tuesday stating that both government troops and opposition rebels are targeting civilians in Syria's civil war.The report says that the government intentionally targets areas in which civilians regularly congregate, such as marketplaces and bus stations and that it has failed to take reasonable precautions to minimize "incidental loss of… [read post]
25 Jul 2015, 9:46 am
[JURIST] The UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs on Saturday urged [press release] those involved on all sides of the South Sudan conflict to end their fighting and make peace in the interest of protecting innocent civilians. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 8:54 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes Baskut Tuncak [official profile] on Wednesday urged [press release] the international community to help end the "silent pandemic" of childhood disease and disability... [read post]
1 Sep 2017, 7:39 am
UN Special Rapporteur Yanghee Lee [official profile] on Thursday expressed grave concern [press release] for Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar as the "cycle of violence" against them worsens. [read post]
21 Aug 2015, 10:23 am
[JURIST] A UN human rights expert called Thursday on the Chinese government and relevant businesses to ensure transparency [press release] in the investigation of a chemical disaster in Tianjin, including both the causes and effects of the explosion. [read post]
18 Sep 2014, 11:03 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) [official websites] suspended its delegation to Azerbaijan Thursday citing [official statement] the government's prevention of access to a number of locations where individuals are being detained. [read post]
2 Dec 2014, 9:21 am
[JURIST] UN human rights experts on arbitrary executions and torture on Tuesday urged [press release] the state of Texas and the US government to prevent the execution of Scott Panetti, who was sentenced to death for killing his parents-in-law in 1992. [read post]
28 Sep 2015, 9:04 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] expressed concern [press release] Monday about "an alarming upsurge in arrests, detention and killings" that have been occurring in Burundi since the beginning of September. [read post]
8 Oct 2010, 10:26 am
[JURIST] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website] on Thursday requested UN assistance in relocating former Rwandan transportation minister Andre Ntagerura [ICTR materials]. [read post]
18 Nov 2014, 9:41 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process [official website] on Tuesday strongly condemned the attack on a synagogue in West Jerusalem. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 11:47 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Mónica Pinto [official profile] on Monday urged [statement, in Spanish] officials in Guinea-Bissau to implement measures aimed at increasing residents' access to justice throughout the nation. [read post]
16 Jan 2018, 10:00 am
United Nations human rights experts asked [UN press release] Iran on Tuesday to stay the execution of an offender who was 15 years old when he was sentenced to death. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 10:46 am
UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women, Dubravka Šimonović, urged [press release] the government of Australia on Friday to include all women in the fight to stop violence against women. [read post]
31 Jul 2007, 11:54 am
[JURIST] Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda Tuesday rebuked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] for criticizing the East Timorese-Indonesian Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) [official website]. [read post]
17 Nov 2016, 7:14 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] on Wednesday called [press release] for the international community to stand with the International Criminal Court (ICC) after states have recently begun leaving the institution. [read post]
9 Jan 2017, 11:13 am
[JURIST] A UN Independent Expert has warned [press release] that increasing austerity measures to the American territory will threaten residents' human rights. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 11:47 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] Monday chided the Canadian government for not doing enough to maintain Canada's reputation in the global community as an advocate for human rights [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
18 Oct 2009, 8:01 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] established [statement] an investigation committee on Friday to look into possible human rights abuses by Guinean soldiers on September 28. [read post]
14 Jul 2010, 9:48 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression Frank La Rue [official website] on Tuesday condemned [press release] an Italian bill [materials, in Italian] that would restrict the use of wiretaps [JURIST news archive] and criminalize the reporting of wiretap transcripts by the news media. [read post]
