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14 Jun 2006, 1:01 am
In a statement [text] issued Wednesday, five UN human rights experts who have been [read post]
14 Jul 2012, 8:53 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official website] released a statement [text] on Friday expressing deep concern regarding the most recent violence in Syria, casting doubt over Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's commitment to the recent peace plan agreed to by the Syrian government [JURIST report]. [read post]
5 Sep 2012, 7:59 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] told a General Assembly meeting on Wednesday that both Syrian and rebel forces are responsible for perpetrating widespread rights abuses across the nation. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 8:09 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Monday condemned the response by Middle Eastern governments to peaceful protests, urging the international community to take a strong stance against violence in Libya. [read post]
18 Apr 2012, 9:59 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] called Tuesday for the governments of Sudan and South Sudan [BBC backgrounders] to cease the recent violence [press release] which has led to civilian casualties on both sides. [read post]
10 Sep 2014, 9:17 am
[JURIST] Two experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHR) [official website] urged [press release] Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to implement an immediate moratorium on the death penalty following an increase in executions, with a significant number of the executions completed by beheading. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 6:43 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Thursday warned [press release] Syrian opposition groups that recent mass executions are in violation of international human rights, and that these acts may also constitute war crimes. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 5:35 am
[JURIST] A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Tuesday warned against [press release] recent amendments to Libya's penal code. [read post]
18 Jun 2016, 7:36 am
[JURIST] The UN Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law [official website] called on [press release] the world's governments to take quick, effective steps towards ensuring women are granted equal rights to health, including reproductive and sexual health. [read post]
2 Jul 2016, 10:52 am
The UN Human Rights Council [official website] called [press release] on the African Union (AU) [official website] Friday to respond to a report [text, PDF] that detailed gross human rights violations in Eritrea. [read post]
9 Apr 2003, 9:55 am
Speaking in Geneva Wednesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, said he was deeply disturbed by the growing toll of civilians and journalists killed during the conflict in Iraq: The right to freedom of information is dealt a fatal blow whenever a journalist is killed or wounded in the performance of his or her vital role.... [read post]
5 Jun 2009, 7:20 am
[JURIST] Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy website] urged the UN Security Council [official website] to establish an international body to conduct an inquiry into war crimes allegedly committed in Sri Lanka [JURIST news archive], and to press the Sri Lankan government to allow full access to aid groups, in an open letter [text, PDF; press release] released Thursday. [read post]
12 Aug 2016, 8:46 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called upon Ethiopia Wednesday to allow international visitors into the region where 90 protesters were shot and killed by security forces this past weekend. [read post]
19 Jun 2007, 3:28 am
[JURIST] UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson called for greater acceptance of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism [PDF text] Monday, noting an "urgent need to enhance international cooperation" to both prevent terrorism and punish terrorists. [read post]
21 Nov 2007, 4:49 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] called on Pakistan to restore judicial independence in comments to AFP Wednesday, saying that an independent judiciary is just as important as free elections to a democracy. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 11:25 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Tuesday renewed calls for Kenya to establish a special tribunal [statement] to investigate crimes committed following the 2007 presidential elections [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
20 Nov 2011, 10:26 am
[JURIST] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) [official website], a UN-led scientific panel, on Saturday released the Summary for Policymakers [PDF] of the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). [read post]
2 May 2012, 12:38 pm
[JURIST] Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur of the occupied Palestinian territory [official website], said Wednesday that he is "appalled" [press release] by "continuing human rights violations in Israeli prisons. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 11:34 am
[JURIST] UN rights experts urged the Philippines legislature on Thursday to reject a proposed death penalty bill that would reintroduce capital punishment for drug-related offenses. [read post]
19 Nov 2014, 11:45 am
[JURIST] The UN General Assembly on Tuesday urged the Security Council to call on the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] to investigate allegations against North Korea for crimes against humanity. [read post]
