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25 Jan 2012, 8:46 am
[JURIST] The United Nations (UN) [official website] on Wednesday refused to replace a judge presiding over investigations at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) [official website] after Cambodia attempted to block him. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 2:58 pm
[JURIST] The UN Security Council should push the US [press release] to address human rights concerns over policies governing detainees held by US-led coalition forces in Iraq, Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] said in a Monday letter [text] to Council representatives. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 9:55 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein condemned [press release] the "savage extremism" of Taliban insurgents who killed at least 130 people, most of them children, at a school in Pakistan on Tuesday. [read post]
23 Oct 2014, 9:46 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Committee [official website] urged China on Thursday to ensure universal suffrage in Hong Kong, including both the right to vote and the right to stand for election without unreasonable restrictions. [read post]
6 Oct 2016, 12:08 pm
The Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) [advocacy website] criticized [press release] UN peacekeepers in South Sudan Wednesday for their failure to protect civilians during an outbreak of fighting in the country that took place in July. [read post]
5 Sep 2017, 4:06 pm
[JURIST] The UN Commission of Inquiry on Burundi [official website] reported [materials] on Monday that various crimes against humanity have been committed in the troubled country since investigations began in April 2015. [read post]
20 Sep 2017, 9:30 am
[JURIST] The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) [official website] on Tuesday called on [press release] the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to protect all refugees and asylum seekers in the wake of a deadly shooting incident last week. [read post]
10 Mar 2005, 3:52 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] has urged government officials in Haiti [JURIST Country news archive] to curb human rights violations and expedite the releases of political leaders currently held in prison. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 1:08 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] on Tuesday urged Afghanistan to reinstate a moratorium on executions [statement]. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 7:04 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Thursday urged [press release] the Tunisian government to investigate the recent deaths of public protestors [NYT report] and called on government security forces to admit use of excessive force against them. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 9:16 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur Margaret Sekaggya [official website] on Monday outlined the risks and challenges faced by human rights journalists and media workers [press release], and called for additional protection of those workers. [read post]
14 Feb 2015, 7:40 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Thursday welcomed the decision by Egyptian authorities to release on bail [JURIST report] two Al Jazeera journalists awaiting retrial on terror charges. [read post]
30 Aug 2012, 9:58 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Wednesday expressed concern [press release] about Iran's human rights conditions and nuclear program during a visit to Tehran. [read post]
1 Feb 2016, 8:44 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Monday urged Turkey to investigate the shooting of unarmed civilians [press release]. [read post]
12 Apr 2016, 9:04 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] said [text] Monday that the only way to prevent future atrocities like the Rwandan genocide is to take shared responsibility and shared action to prevent them. [read post]
19 Apr 2016, 11:59 am
A UN rights expert on Tuesday released a expressed concern [statement] over the state of media independence and the public right of access to information in Japan, citing laws and personal stories that are making these more difficult than recommended [press release]. [read post]
25 Sep 2004, 8:35 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour has charged the Sudanese government with downplaying the severity of the sexual abuse being endured by women in the Darfur region. [read post]
7 Dec 2013, 7:29 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Rashida Manjoo [official profile] on Friday commended recent steps taken by Azerbaijan [JURIST news archive] officials to adopt legal measures in protection of women's rights, but urged [press release] authorities to better implement these policies. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 9:21 am
Citing the recent use of Libyan civilians to repress the peaceful demonstrations [UN News Centre report] of their own population, the group concluded that mercenaries also pose a threat [news release] to citizens' right of self-determination. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 6:41 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] warned [press release] Thursday that conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will deteriorate unless there is accountability for the atrocities against civilians. [read post]
