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7 Jun 2011, 10:29 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Tuesday condemned [press release] the killings of protesters along the border between Golan Heights and Syria. [read post]
4 Jul 2012, 12:24 pm
Somali Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Arab Isse signed the action plan, which is backed by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) [official website], at a meeting of the International Contact Group on Somalia in Rome. [read post]
13 Jan 2017, 8:38 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Friday asked business leaders meeting in Davos at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting to use their influence to prevent human rights violations in countries where they operate. [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 9:07 am
A group of UN human rights experts called [press release] Thursday for the Bahraini government to respect and guarantee Shia leader and cleric, Isa Qassim, his human rights. [read post]
5 Mar 2018, 11:40 am
The UN Human Rights Council [official website] passed [press release] a resolution [Text, PDF] on Monday calling for the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic to "urgently conduct a comprehensive and independent inquiry into the recent events in Eastern Ghouta. [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 8:40 am
UN human rights expert Victoria Tauli-Corpuz expressed [press release] concern Thursday about the situation faced by the indigenous people of Honduras, specifically in connection with their land and natural resource rights, their lack of access to justice, education and health, and the general environment of violence and impunity affecting their communities. [read post]
4 Feb 2016, 8:59 am
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. [read post]
2 Mar 2014, 9:00 am
[JURIST] The UN independent expert on human rights in Mali, Suliman Baldo, expressed concern [press release] on Friday at the difficulties facing the the prosecution of war crimes in Mali [BBC country profile] and urged the international community to assist the Malian government in strengthening the country's judicial system. [read post]
14 Jun 2006, 7:41 am
[JURIST] Three independent UN experts in the areas of judicial independence and freedom of expression expressed "grave concern" [statement] for "recent attacks against the judiciary of Egypt," and for detaining protesters [JURIST report] who rallied in support of several reform-oriented judges. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 4:27 pm
While engaging in homosexual acts in Nigeria is already punishable by death by stoning, the UN experts said the new law, which authorizes a maximum five-year sentence for any person found to be [read post]
11 Jun 2011, 11:07 am
[JURIST] UN officials expressed concern on Friday that the heightened rape cases in many war-torn nations indicate that rape is being used as a war weapon to terrorize citizens and cause them to flee because of fear. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 10:31 am
[JURIST] The UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights [official website] Kyung-wha Kang [official profile] spoke Tuesday on the importance of Haiti improving its human rights record [text], including trying ex-president Jean-Claude Duvalier [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 6:07 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association on Thursday cautioned [press release] Kazakhstan that its new bill amending the law on non-profit organizations may be detrimental to the existence of such groups within the country. [read post]
30 Jan 2016, 9:25 am
[JURIST] A group of UN experts on people of African descent stated [press release] Friday that "ideology ensuring the domination of one group over another continues to negatively impact the civil, political, economic, social, cultural and environmental rights of African Americans today. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 4:21 am
[JURIST] The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) [official website] released its annual report [text, PDF] on the "Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict" on Wednesday, which indicated [press release] a 22 percent increase in civilian causalities in 2014. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 7:54 am
Victims of sexual violence in Ukraine are not being provided with adequate access to justice or services in the country, according to a UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] report [text, PDF] released Thursday. [read post]
19 Sep 2009, 4:29 am
[JURIST] UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs B. [read post]
30 Aug 2010, 11:57 am
[JURIST] A forthcoming UN report claims that troops from Rwanda and allied rebels committed crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [JURIST news archives] that could be classified as genocide if proven by the appropriate court, according to media reports. [read post]
17 Apr 2015, 6:17 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] said [press release] Thursday that the upcoming elections in Burundi [CIA backgrounder] place the nation at a critical moment in history, with an opportunity to choose free and fair elections to "strengthen and mature Burundi's still fragile democracy, and enable an improvement in its dire socio-economic situation. [read post]
4 Jun 2009, 5:58 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism [official website] has laid out plans to establish a global tribunal to prosecute private companies accused of human rights abuses. [read post]
