UN warns regulatory framework of Israeli anti-terror law violates basic human rights

22/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 22 2022 UN experts have expressed concern about the anti-terror law passed by Israeli […]

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Bachelet calls for an investigation into the attack on Shireen Abu Akleh’s funeral

15/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 15, 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for […]

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UN expert warns of ‘failing State’ amid widespread poverty in Lebanon

12/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 May 2022 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Olivier […]

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UN denounces restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities on entry and residence of foreign academics in West Bank

09/05/2022

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 9, 2022 United Nations human rights experts stressed that the new procedures for the […]

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UN Conciliation Commission holds its first meeting between Palestine and Israel to resolve dispute over allegations of racial discrimination 

08/05/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 8 May 2022   The United Nations Conciliation Commission held its first meeting on the State […]

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Egypt: Ayman Hadhoud, another victim of extrajudicial killing

14/04/2022

The extreme discrepancy in the official account of the death of the Egyptian economist and member of the Reform and Development Party, Ayman Mohamed Hadhoud, […]

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Egypt: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demands immediate release of Zyad el-Elaimy and Louaya Abdel Halim

13/04/2022

After a request from the Committee for Justice, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an opinion on the arrest of two members […]

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Regeni case in Italy: Extending the judicial process leads to further impunity for killers 

12/04/2022

Press release   Translated by Committee for Justice   Geneva: April 11 2022 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, stressed that […]

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Libya fact-finding mission says human rights violations and impunity impede transition to peace and democracy 

28/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: March 28, 2022  The UN Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya affirmed that the continuation of […]

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Algeria: UN concerned about dissolution of NGO for participation in Hirak protests 

28/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: March 28, 2022  UN experts have expressed their concern about the information regarding the dissolution […]

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UN Human Rights Council concludes general debates on human rights situation in Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories 

27/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 27 March 2022  The Human Rights Council in Geneva concluded its general debate under its […]

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UN concerned about UAE’s listing of 4 human rights defenders on ‘terrorist lists’ without notifying them 

27/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva 27 March 2022  UN experts have expressed their concern about UAE’s inclusion of two human […]

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UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture visits Tunisia   

27/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva 27 March 2022  The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is planning to […]

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Committee for Justice and Dignity urge UN Human Rights Council to create a mechanism to investigate human rights violations in Egypt   

23/03/2022

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: March 23, 2022  The Committee for Justice and Dignity have called on the United Nations Human Rights […]

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Chair of UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria calls for investigations into possible war crimes   

20/03/2022

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: March 20 2022   The Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian […]

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