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27 Aug 2007, 4:10 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] has urged Myanmar to immediately release demonstrators [statement] detained last week after participating in a peaceful protest against a recent rise in fuel prices. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 5:12 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council on Wednesday [official website] called [press release] for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses perpetrated by the Guinean military junta during the September 28 incidents at Conakry [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
16 Feb 2006, 9:09 pm
[JURIST Europe] The UN High Commission on Refugees [official website] has expressed alarm [UNHCR press release] at Ukraine's deportation of 10 Uzbek asylum-seekers to Uzbekistan [JURIST news archive] where they may face torture and abuse, alleging the deportations violated international law. [read post]
2 Apr 2008, 12:42 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [official website] passed a resolution [press release] by a 32-0 vote Tuesday "extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression for three years," and adding extra oversight to require reporting when "abuse of the right of freedom of expression constitute[s] an act of [read post]
6 Feb 2009, 3:57 am
[JURIST] Sudan reissued a request to the UN Security Council Thursday to delay for one year war crimes charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC profile] for alleged genocide in Darfur. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 7:21 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Monday hailed [statement] the dawning of an "age of accountability" during the opening day of the review session of the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website]. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 8:09 am
[JURIST] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said Monday that more than 6,000 people have died [press release] in eastern Ukraine since the conflict [JURIST backgrounder] began almost a year ago. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 1:07 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres [official website] called on the government of Myanmar Tuesday to grant [press statements] nationality, or at least legal status, to the Rohingya Muslim minority group that resides in the Rakhine State of Myanmar. [read post]
17 Jun 2016, 6:18 am
[JURIST] A UN-mandated human rights inquiry reported Thursday that the Islamic State (IS) has been committing genocide [press release] against the Yazidi people, in addition to a carrying out a variety of other war crimes and human rights violations. [read post]
24 Jun 2016, 1:28 pm
[JURIST] The UN human rights experts on cultural rights and on freedom of expression, Karima Bennoune and David Kaye [official websites], called Friday for the release of artists [press release] jailed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. [read post]
21 Mar 2017, 3:26 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Tuesday by making a statement [text] emphasizing the importance of curtailing hate speech. [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 4:09 am
UN expert Paulo Pinheiro on Tuesday reported [press release] civilian violence in Syria is dramatically increasing, causing internal displacement and an estimated quarter of a million civilians to flee the country. [read post]
27 Oct 2010, 10:48 am
[JURIST] Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen [BBC profile] informed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] in a meeting Wednesday that the government will not allow the prosecution of low-ranking Khmer Rouge [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] officers by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website]. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 5:28 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner of Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Thursday said the use of violent force by the government of Libya in densely populated cities could amount to international war crimes [press release]. [read post]
3 Jul 2011, 8:32 am
[JURIST] UN Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers [official website] Gabriela Knaul warned [press release, in Spanish] Friday that an El Salvador law requiring its high court to issue unanimous judgments is an "attack" on judicial independence and the separation of powers. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 8:18 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on North Korea human rights Marzuki Darusman on Tuesday submitted a report [report, PDF] urging that North Korea be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 11:33 am
[JURIST] Four UN human rights experts briefed the Security Council on Friday regarding a new report [text, DOC] on human rights violations in war-torn Syria. [read post]
29 Mar 2017, 1:50 pm
UN human rights experts called on the Russian Federation [press release] Wednesday to release protest3rs arrested during a peaceful demonstration Sunday. [read post]
18 Jun 2015, 1:12 pm
[JURIST] United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression [UN backgrounder] David Kaye on Wednesday issued a report [text, DOC; press release] calling the use of anonymity and encryption software in digital communication vital to free speech. [read post]
28 May 2009, 3:06 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Council [official website] adopted a resolution [text, DOC] Wednesday "welcoming the conclusion of hostilities" in Sri Lanka, but failing to call for an investigation into war crimes committed during the conflict. [read post]
