UN concerned about deteriorating health condition of detained Bahraini human rights activist Abdul-Jalil Al-Singace  

28/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: February 28, 2022   Arrests and sentencing due to his human rights activities:  The experts said […]

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Tunisia: UN demands authorities to respond to request to establish cemetery for Baha’i minority   

28/02/2022

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 28, 2022 United Nations human rights experts affirmed that the Tunisian authorities’ rejection […]

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UN experts concerned about use of Israeli Pegasus to spy on Palestinian activists 

28/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: February 27, 2022    A group of United Nations human rights experts have expressed their […]

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Egypt: Government must immediately close Case 173 and end assault on human rights organizations and defenders

24/02/2022

The undersigned human rights organizations denounce the Egyptian government’s failure to close Case no. 173 of 2011, commonly known as the “NGO Foreign Funding Case”, […]

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UN issues statement on detained Al Jazeera journalists after CFJ communication

23/02/2022

As part of its continuous success in bringing the voices of the oppressed to UN mechanisms in order to work for their redress and lift […]

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Tunisia: UN concerned about possible physical assault and intimidation against human rights defender by security services 

20/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: February 20 2022  UN experts have expressed their grave concern about acts of harassment, physical […]

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CEDAW experts review Lebanon’s file amid calls for a law that addresses all forms of discrimination against women

20/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: February 20 2022  The Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women […]

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UN committee sets up ad hoc Conciliation Commission to help resolve Palestine-Israel racial discrimination dispute

20/02/2022

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 17 February 2022 The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has […]

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UN expert visits Sudan to monitor human rights situation 

17/02/2022

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 17 February 2022  On February 20, 2022, the United Nations expert on human rights in […]

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Civil Society Organizations Call on the European Union to Withdraw its Joint Candidacy with Egypt to Chair the Global Counter-Terrorism Forum

11/02/2022

In light of Egypt’s alarming record of severe human rights violations, often “justified” in the name of counterterrorism, the undersigned civil society organizations are appalled […]

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UN High Commissioner urges Tunisia’s President to restore work of Supreme Judicial Council and preserve its independence 

09/02/2022

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 8 2022  The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, urged […]

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UN concerned about continued use of lethal force and violations against Sudanese demonstrators 

07/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 7 February 2022  UN human rights experts have expressed their concerns to both the Prime […]

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UN condemns convictions and conditions of detention of Algerian human rights defender 

07/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 7 February 2022  UN experts have indicated that the conditions of arrest and conviction of […]

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UN experts visit South Sudan to support steps to implement revitalized peace agreement  

06/02/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: February 6, 2022 On Monday, February 7, 2022, the members of the United Nations Commission […]

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Biden Administration’s Decision to Reprogram Military Aid to Egypt Is Necessary but Insufficient

01/02/2022

Following the January 30 deadline, the Biden administration decided that it will reprogram $130 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) originally […]

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