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10 Jul 2006, 7:22 am
[JURIST] The government of Iraq [JURIST news archive] plans to ask the UN Security Council [official website] to lift Coalition troops' immunity from Iraqi law, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Michael said Monday. [read post]
8 Dec 2016, 5:57 am
[JURIST] A UN human rights report [text, PDF] published Wednesday calls for action to be taken in order to reunite families who were separated along the Korean Peninsula following the Korean War. [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 9:52 am
A UN rights expert told [press release] the Human Rights Council that states are obligated to protect human rights defenders who assist hundreds of thousands of people who are on the move each year. [read post]
5 Apr 2016, 1:11 pm
UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, on Monday called [press release] on Chilean authorities to implement a sustainable model to education. [read post]
12 Oct 2014, 11:01 am
[JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [official website] on Sunday urged [press release] the UN and donating countries to press Israel to lift restrictions on the movement of people and goods in and out of the Gaza Strip. [read post]
10 Jan 2014, 1:13 pm
[JURIST] UN independent human rights expert Francois Crepeau on Friday urged the Spanish government to reverse its decision to extradite Alexsandr Pavlov to Kazakhstan. [read post]
5 Jun 2015, 9:31 am
The UN torture prevention body on Wednesday urged the Philippines to tackle urgent prison overcrowding [press release] issues and improve independent monitoring of detention facilities. [read post]
5 Sep 2014, 12:04 pm
[JURIST] Independent UN rights experts on Friday called on the government of Bahrain to release human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja [press release] due to the absence of evidence against her. [read post]
17 Sep 2014, 12:19 pm
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Wednesday called on Malaysian authorities [statement] to cease arrests and prosecutions under the country's 1948 Sedition Act, a law that limits free speech and freedom of expression. [read post]
12 Mar 2018, 1:48 pm
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report [text, PDF] Monday detailing human rights violations in the aftermath of the 2017 Honduran presidential election [Reuters backgrounder] The report documents violence committed by the government security forces towards protestors and civilians in the time period between election night on November 26 and inauguration day on January 27. [read post]
23 Jul 2007, 2:37 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] formally requested [press release] Monday that the government of the Netherlands consider hosting the ad hoc tribunal that will investigate and try suspects involved in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
7 Jan 2012, 12:10 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Friday urged Yemen to accept the international prohibition against granting amnesty for human rights violations [press release]. [read post]
9 Feb 2018, 8:07 am
UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] urged [press release] the government of Papua New Guinea on Friday to provide greater enforcement of their laws and to combat corruption. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 9:52 am
[JURIST] A UN report [text, PDF] released on Monday stated 2014 was marked by rape, sexual enslavement and forced marriages used by extremists like Boko Haram and the Islamic State. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 12:24 pm
The escalation of hostilities in Eastern Ukraine between January and February has had a devastating impact on the lives of civilians, according to a UN report [text, PDF] released Wednesday. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 7:15 am
[JURIST] The UN Working Group [official website] on the use of mercenaries on Tuesday urged [press release] stronger global and regulation of private security companies. [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]
16 Apr 2009, 6:18 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Wednesday urged [press release] Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo [official profile] to reinstate dismissed judges and lift media restrictions imposed after Iloilo suspended [JURIST report] the country's constitution. [read post]
20 Aug 2014, 6:58 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] expressed concern [press release] Tuesday that the prosecution and sentencing of lese-majeste cases by Thailand's ruling military junta threaten citizens' rights of free expression. [read post]
10 Sep 2006, 2:31 am
[JURIST] UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland [official profile] said on a visit to a refugee camp in northern Uganda Saturday that indicted leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] should be brought before the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] despite a recent offer of amnesty [JURIST report] by the Ugandan government [ [read post]
