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26 Apr 2012, 8:13 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] expressed concern [press release] Wednesday that recent restrictions on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in a number of countries may fundamentally effect freedoms and human rights. [read post]
8 Jun 2012, 12:35 pm
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] declared on Friday that US drone strikes in Pakistan raise grave legal concerns under international law. [read post]
9 Jul 2014, 7:29 am
Bangladesh initiated the arbitral proceedings against India, pursuant to article 287 of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea [text, PDF] in 2009. [read post]
25 Nov 2014, 9:04 am
[JURIST] The Israeli government's use of house demolition as a punitive measure in response to alleged acts of violence by Palestinians must end immediately, two UN human rights experts urged Tuesday [press release], adding that the practice, which targets Palestinian homes in both Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, is a violation of human rights law. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 5:13 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Tuesday expressed deep concern at the ongoing political predicament surrounding the release of incriminating audio recordings of conversations between officials in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. [read post]
7 Jun 2018, 11:21 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] condemned [press release] the government of Bangladesh on Wednesday for the killing of suspected drug offenders by security forces in the country. [read post]
16 Aug 2016, 7:39 am
UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, warned [press release] on Monday that the upcoming trial in Singapore of a teenage blogger is a sign of increased criminalization of expression. [read post]
7 Sep 2016, 6:57 am
[JURIST] A spokesperson from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] expressed concern [statement] on Tuesday regarding the intimidation of opposition politicians and peaceful protesters in Cambodia. [read post]
28 Jun 2014, 4:16 am
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10 Dec 2004, 9:18 am
[JURIST] Speaking in Geneva on the eve of International Human Rights Day, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Thursday that the vision set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted 56 years ago was now "under considerable strain":Few of us are free from fear; many of us are still not free from want. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 8:18 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Thursday urged Russian officials to reform institutions to protect the rule of law [news release] in Russia. [read post]
17 Jan 2017, 9:03 am
The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) [official website] reported [text, PDF] on Tuesday that a violent period in July 2016 left hundreds of civilians dead, along with more than 200 incidents of sexual assault. [read post]
4 Feb 2015, 10:14 am
A group of UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Bahrain [press release] government to release the peaceful politician Sheikh Ali Salman. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 10:14 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] on Tuesday condemned [press release] Iraq's execution of 34 individuals, including two women, last week. [read post]
19 Jul 2012, 8:49 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Rashida Manjoo [official profile] on Wednesday urged [press release] the governments of Pakistan [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and Afghanistan [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] to end violence against women and to initiate investigations into the recent killings of two women. [read post]
1 Dec 2014, 7:45 am
[JURIST] The UN Committee Against Torture [official website] released a report [text, PDF] on Friday that found the US has fallen short of full compliance with the Convention Against Torture international treaty [text]. [read post]
5 Mar 2017, 8:28 am
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz [official website] called [press release] Friday for the US to adopt a consistent approach to indigenous land rights in pipeline projects. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 12:13 pm
Gallon said [UN News Centre report] that these families and others similarly situated required additional shelter and humanitarian aid. [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 12:30 pm
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) [official website] on Saturday issued the 2013 Annual Report on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict [text, PDF], which found a total of 8,615 civilian casualties in 2013, a 14 percent increase since 2012. [read post]
22 Nov 2016, 9:27 am
A group of UN human rights experts expressed concern [press release] Monday over countries attempting to retroactively block a mandate of an independent expert to investigate sexual orientation and gender identity-based rights abuses. [read post]
