Fears of Reprisals Against Algerian Human Rights Defenders for Cooperating with UN Entities

03/01/2024

Media release Geneva, 2nd Jan   United Nations human rights experts have expressed deep concern over allegations of reprisals against Algerian human rights defenders who […]

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UN Report Raises Alarms on Worsening Human Rights Crisis in the West Bank, Urges Israeli Action

01/01/2024

Media release Geneva 28th Dec 2023   In a damning report released today by the United Nations, the human rights situation in the occupied West […]

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UN Expert Condemns Israel’s Actions in Gaza, Warns of Humanitarian Crisis

27/12/2023

media release Geneva: 26th Dec   In a stark condemnation, Paula Gaviria Betancur, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), […]

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UN Calls for Immediate Investigation into the 2013 Tadamun Massacre in Syria

20/12/2023

News briefing By: Committee for Justice Geneva: December 20th 2023   United Nations experts have expressed their deep concerns about allegations regarding the killing of […]

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Report on the points relied upon by the United Nations Committee Against Torture in its review of Egypt, drawn from the shadow report submitted by the Committee for Justice (CFJ)

04/12/2023

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (UNCAT), during its 78th session, reviewed Egypt’s file regarding torture and other forms of cruel treatment, in accordance with […]

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UN calls for independent investigations into allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory

28/11/2023

News briefing Translation and Editing: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 28, 2023   UN experts have called for swift, transparent, and independent investigations into allegations […]

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As part of cooperation with UN mechanisms, the UN Committee Against Torture relies on 6 recommendations from CFJ in its review of Egypt’s file

20/11/2023

Press Release Translation and editing: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 20, 2023   The UN Committee Against Torture conducted its periodic review of Egypt’s human […]

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UN experts emphasize the need to allow open discussion on Gaza and Israel without fear of consequences

11/11/2023

News briefing Translation and editing by: Committee for Justice Geneva: November 23, 2023   UN experts have expressed concern over a global wave of attacks, […]

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The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights urges immediate ceasefire in Gaza and a humanitarian corridor

31/10/2023

News briefing Translation and editing: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 31, 2023   The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights expressed its concern about […]

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UN rights chief Turk urges humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

25/10/2023

Press Release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: October 25, 2023   The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has […]

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UN Expert: Gaza’s Health Sector Has Reached a Breaking Point

17/10/2023

News briefing Translation and Editing: The Committee for Justice Geneva: October 17, 2023   “All parties to the conflict and their international partners must ensure […]

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CFJ denounces Egypt’s response to UN regarding Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh’s detention conditions

03/09/2023

Press Release Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: September 3rd, 2023   The Egyptian authorities responded to the United Nations memorandum regarding the arrest and […]

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UN experts concerned over alleged use of Israeli spyware to surveil human rights defenders

28/08/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice Geneva: August 28, 2023 UN experts have expressed concerns about the use of surveillance technology […]

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Libya: UN experts concerned by discriminatory policy restricting women and girls’ movement abroad

31/07/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: CFJ Geneva: July 24, 2023   UN experts have expressed deep concern about the discriminatory policy issued by the […]

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Sudan: UN demands RSF to stop preventing proper burial of bodies and to halt ethnic discrimination

21/07/2023

News briefing Translated and edited by: Justice Commission Geneva: July 13, 2023   The United Nations Human Rights Office in Sudan revealed that the bodies […]

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