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2 Feb 2011, 6:04 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Tuesday praised the efforts [press release] of Egyptian protesters while repeating concerns over casualties [JURIST report], calling on the nation's leaders to give citizens the democratic reform they demand. [read post]
9 Jan 2016, 9:14 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Friday warned [statement] that the use of cluster bombs by a Saudi-led coalition against neighborhoods in Yemen may amount to a war crime. [read post]
12 Sep 2017, 8:47 am
The UN Security Council [official website] reached a unanimous decision on Monday to adopt a US-drafted resolution [press release] imposing a series of fresh new sanctions on North Korea. [read post]
5 Feb 2018, 5:02 am
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons Cecilia Jimenez-Damary [official website] on Friday urged Libya to intensify efforts to aid Libyans [press release] who have been displaced as a result of the country's ongoing conflict. [read post]
28 Jul 2017, 7:21 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Demoractic People's Republic of Korea [official website], Tomas Ojea Quintana [official profile], is asking [press release] North and South Korea to open discussions concerning human rights following his second visit to South Korea. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 12:28 pm
[JURIST] Yanghee Lee [official profile], the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, called [press release] Monday for an international investigation into the crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the Myanmar government towards the Rohingya Muslim population. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 11:13 am
[JURIST] The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women [official website] on Wednesday urged Tanzania [press release] to enforce its international obligations to prevent discrimination against women. [read post]
1 Apr 2016, 9:36 am
The UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith [official profile, PDF], on Friday appealed [press release] to the country to strengthen the protection of its women and the rights of its indigenous peoples. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 9:32 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon [official website] on Monday urged government leaders in Tunisia to initiate dialogue between all sides in an attempt to restore rule of law in the country following the ousting of its president [JURIST report] last week. [read post]
11 Feb 2016, 6:38 am
[JURIST] The UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) [official website] on Wednesday called [press release] for the Central African Republic (CAR) to address numerous human rights violations stemming from an outbreak of violence in Bangui last year. [read post]
23 Feb 2016, 10:28 am
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) [official website] said [press release] Tuesday that new measures put in place by many European countries are too restrictive and place undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 3:09 pm
[JURIST] Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi [advocacy website, in Persian; JURIST news archive] said Monday that she has urged UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website; JURIST news archive] to investigate allegations that the Iranian government has been detaining women's rights activists and charging them with national [read post]
30 Sep 2014, 11:55 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns [official website] urged [press release] Mexico to conduct full and impartial investigations into the killings on June 30 in the village of Cuadrilla Nueva, Tlataya, State of Mexico, during a military operation against alleged criminals. [read post]
2 Jan 2015, 9:55 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Wednesday expressed [press release] "principled condemnation" of an attempted coup in Gambia earlier this week, urging respect for the rule of law. [read post]
22 Nov 2013, 8:36 am
[JURIST] Five human rights groups urged the UN General Assembly on Thursday to adopt a resolution [text, PDF] protecting the right of privacy against unlawful surveillance. [read post]
26 Jun 2014, 8:44 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteurs on torture and the right to health, Juan Mendez and Anand Grover, on Wednesday urged [press release] the Knesset [official website], the Israeli Parliament, to withdraw proposed amendments to the Prisons Act which would allow the forced feeding and medical treatment of inmates currently participating in a hunger strike. [read post]
22 Jul 2009, 4:04 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Wednesday called on world leaders to take new steps [statement; press release] to combat genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other human rights abuses, introducing a report [materials] detailing a new campaign against the offenses. [read post]
11 Jul 2010, 11:05 am
[JURIST] British Prime Minister David Cameron [official website] and UN Chief War Crimes Prosecutor Serge Brammertz [official profile] marked the Fifteenth anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre [JURIST news archive], by reaffirming their commitment to bringing those responsible for the deaths of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys to justice. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 5:59 pm
On April 11th, 2011, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1976 (2011) to urgently consider the establishment of specialized Somali courts to try suspected pirates both in Somalia and in the region. [read post]
22 Feb 2018, 11:17 am
True reconciliation and lasting peace in South Sudan will only be possible if people are both free and safe to express themselves, regardless of any of their affiliations, according to a UN report [text, PDF] released Thursday. [read post]
