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5 Nov 2015, 9:03 am
[JURIST] Several independent UN human rights experts said [press release] Wednesday that a recent Brazilian draft law may infringe upon civil rights in its efforts to counteract terrorism. [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 6:02 am
[JURIST] Dozens of countries have illegally used secret detention facilities in their counter-terrorism efforts, according to a joint study [text, DOC; press release] issued Tuesday by four independent UN investigating groups. [read post]
9 Feb 2012, 10:01 am
[JURIST] The implementation of the rule of law in Haiti is making significant progress [press release], UN Independent Expert Michel Forst said Wednesday. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 3:44 am
[JURIST] The UN Committee on the Convention on the Rights of the Child [official website] on Thursday criticized the Vatican [official website] on the its handling of child sex abuse. [read post]
28 Feb 2014, 10:37 am
[JURIST] The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Friday condemned the recent political violence in Venezuela, and urged all parties involved to move towards meaningful dialogue in hopes of resolving the situation. [read post]
25 Feb 2014, 8:34 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Monday called for an international investigation [report, DOC] into possible war crimes committed by both sides during the 25-year Sri Lankan civil war that ended in May 2009. [read post]
26 Aug 2014, 6:00 am
[JURIST] The UN human rights office [official website] on Monday said that the Tanzanian government's system of placing children with albinism in government care centers does not provide this vulnerable group with adequate protection from those who target albinos due to erroneous beliefs and superstitions. [read post]
5 Apr 2010, 5:25 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] called on Uzbekistan Monday to deliver on promises to improve its human rights record. [read post]
24 Jul 2012, 11:29 am
[JURIST Head of the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) [official website] Augustine Mahiga [official profile] on Monday praised [statement, PDF; press release] Somali leaders for their progress in the selection of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) who will be charged with adopting the country's provisional constitution. [read post]
16 Apr 2004, 4:05 pm
The new plan, still in its formative stages, is largely the work of Lakhdar Brahimi, UN special envoy to Iraq. [read post]
13 Dec 2013, 7:22 am
[JURIST] The UN team investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria reported [press release] on Thursday that it has found credible evidence that chemical weapons have been used on numerous occasions throughout the Syrian Civil War [JURIST backgrounder]. [read post]
13 Dec 2015, 1:02 pm
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report [report, PDF] Saturday describing human rights abuses in Kunduz, Afghanistan, during a temporary occupation by the Taliban. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 12:19 pm
[JURIST] UN human rights expert Maria Grazia Giammarinaro on Monday urged the Malaysian government [press release] to make improvements to its efforts to combat human trafficking. [read post]
3 Aug 2012, 1:14 pm
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday expressed concern [press briefing] about draft legislation that would criminalize homosexual behavior in Liberia [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
16 Jan 2007, 2:43 pm
[JURIST] The former head of the tarnished UN Oil-for-Food Program [official website; JURIST news archive] was indicted [press release, PDF] by US federal prosecutors in New York Tuesday on charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit wire fraud. [read post]
2 Feb 2007, 5:53 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official profile; JURIST profile] on Friday criticized [press release] the amnesty resolution [JURIST report] adopted by the lower house of the Afghan parliament Thursday. [read post]
12 Nov 2011, 10:07 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] called Friday for an investigation [press release] of the previous day's aerial bombing of a refugee camp in Unity State in South Sudan. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 7:19 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] called [statement] for changes to the way Australia deals with asylum seekers. [read post]
9 Sep 2015, 4:43 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned [press release] the recent "crackdown" on dissent in Azerbaijan, denouncing the imprisonment of journalist and human rights activist Khadija Ismayilova [backgrounder]. [read post]
4 Apr 2017, 12:44 pm
[JURIST] US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley [official Twitter] stated to reporters on Monday that the US will continue to take action to sanction terrorists through the UN Security Council [official website], despite other countries utilizing their veto power. [read post]
