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1 Jun 2010, 11:50 am
[JURIST] UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay [official website] on Monday called for an international inquiry [statement] into the conduct of the Sri Lankan government during its civil war [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 10:47 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Wednesday condemned the recent violent clashes [press release] between Egyptian security forces and protesters and called for an independent investigation into the situation. [read post]
23 Sep 2016, 1:11 pm
UN experts condemned [text] Australia Friday for its laws allowing indefinite detention of intellectually disabled persons facing criminal charges. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 6:05 am
[JURIST] UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism Ikponwosa Ero [official profile] on Thursday called on [press release] Malawi to take action to protect people with albinism from attacks. [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 7:51 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] reported [press release] on Monday that Islamic State (IS) fighters killed up to 670 prisoners in Mosul and committed other crimes in Iraq that may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. [read post]
5 May 2005, 2:13 am
[JURIST] Thierry Fagart, human rights head of the UN stabilization mission in Haiti [MINUSTAH website], has called the 10-month detention of former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune [Wikipedia profile] without an appearance before a judge illegal under the Haitian constitution [text], which mandates that prisoners be arraigned within 48 hours of arrest. [read post]
11 Dec 2008, 1:19 pm
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Wednesday added [press release] the name of a Pakistani charity seen as a front for the group being blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks [BBC backgrounder] to its list of entities subject to asset freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo as a terrorist organization. [read post]
8 Jun 2011, 1:07 pm
[JURIST] The UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances [official website] called Wednesday for China to address its practice of "enforced disappearances" [press release] and reveal the location of 355 detained Tibetan monks [Free Tibet report]. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 9:41 pm
tengo problema por un pagaré firmado en blanco. [read post]
19 Mar 2018, 12:25 pm
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Monday said [press release] the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) violated human rights law after a report [PDF, in French] emerged that the DRC severely restricted and violently suppressed the right to freedom of peaceful assembly since early 2017. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 11:11 am
The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website], Rupert Colville, said [statement] Wednesday that his office is concerned about the apparent extra-judicial execution of a Palestinian man in the West Bank last week. [read post]
8 Jan 2012, 7:27 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday expressed alarm [press release] over the increased use of capital punishment in Saudi Arabia, including increased use of torture to obtain confessions. [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 3:58 pm
[JURIST] David Kaye [official profile], the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged [press release] Spain on Friday not to press rebellion charges against Catalonian leaders. [read post]
15 Sep 2017, 10:09 am
The basis of the sanctions was drafted by the United States and after compromise with China and Russia were weakened just enough Read More The post New UN Security Council Sanctions and Current OFAC Sanctions on North Korea appeared first on OFAC Lawyer. [read post]
6 Jun 2014, 9:39 am
[JURIST] A group of independent UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned [press release] Iran's execution of a political prisoner, calling for the country to end the death penalty. [read post]
3 Mar 2017, 9:55 am
[JURIST] Ikponwosa Ero [official profile], the UN's first Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism [official website], called Friday for the "enhanced oversight" [press release] of traditional healers to ensure that they do not use the body parts of people with albinism in rituals. [read post]
8 Mar 2017, 9:50 am
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy [official website], Joseph Cannataci, presented a report [text, DOC] to the Human Rights Council [official website] on Wednesday condemning modern-day surveillance legislation and expressing grave concerns regarding the threat to privacy rights in the digital age [JURIST backgrounder]. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 12:48 pm
[JURIST] The UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) [official website] released a report [text, PDF] on Friday finding that Canada was complicit in rights violations against three Canadians who were held prisoner in Syria, and against Omar Khadr, who is currently detained at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 9:20 am
UN Finds Deadliest Place for Women is Their Home Last year, 137 women across the globe were killed every day by intimate partners or relatives. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 8:23 am
[JURIST] The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) [official website] on Thursday urged Israel [report] to investigate alleged violations committed by its forces during the recent wars in Gaza to ensure justice. [read post]
