EU has moral obligation to support human rights in Egypt, says CFJ director at EU Parliament speech

27/10/2021

Press release By: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Executive Director of the Committee for Justice, Ahmed Mefreh, delivered a speech on Wednesday […]

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UN envoy visits Lebanon to examine government’s efforts to alleviate poverty

27/10/2021

News briefing Editing: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 27, 2021 The Media Center of the Human Rights Council in Geneva announced that the United Nations […]

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UN urges Saudi Arabia to halt execution of two citizens   

26/10/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: October 26, 2021   UN experts have expressed their concerns about the execution of two Saudi […]

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Bachelet describes Israel’s decision to classify Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist” organizations as an unjustified attack on Palestinian civil society

26/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 26, 2021  The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, confirmed that […]

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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights strongly condemns Sudan coup and calls for restoration of democratic path

25/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 25, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, condemned Monday’s […]

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UN experts call on Israel to release 5 hunger strikers or bring them to trial and stop administrative detention 

24/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 24, 2021  UN experts have expressed their grave concerns about the lives of five Palestinians who are on […]

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UN concerned about political pressure on the judiciary in Lebanon    

17/10/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice     Geneva: October 17, 2021    UN experts revealed that they had received information indicating an alleged political […]

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Iraq: UN concerned about targeting civil society activists participating in demonstrations  

13/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 13, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have condemned the targeting of human rights […]

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Egypt: UN concerned about the arrest and inclusion of two activists on terrorist lists

12/10/2021

News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 12 October 2021 UN experts have expressed concern about the arbitrary detention of Egyptian human […]

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Human Rights Council holds discussions on the periodic review of Palestine and other Occupied Arab Territories amid condemnation of Israeli violations 

06/10/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 3, 2021  The Human Rights Council in Geneva held public discussions on the Universal […]

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Algeria: UN concerned about sexual assault and arbitrary arrests against protesters  

05/10/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: October 5, 2021  UN experts have expressed their concerns about allegations of sexual assault, torture and […]

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Fact-finding mission in Libya: War crimes committed in the country since 2016   

04/10/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: 4 October 2021       The Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya stated in a report it published that […]

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UN concerned about Palestinian authorities’ alleged arbitrary detention of 3 human rights defenders

04/10/2021

News briefing     Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice     Geneva: October 4 2021    UN experts have expressed their concern about the alleged arbitrary detention of […]

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UN experts condemn Israeli arrests and judicial harassment of 8 activists in occupied Palestine and Israel

03/10/2021

Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 3 October 2021  UN human rights experts have condemned the arrests, judicial harassment, criminalization and threats against […]

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The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights reviews Kuwait’s report and inquires about women’s rights and conditions of domestic workers 

29/09/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 29 September 2021  The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of the United Nations […]

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