UN expert warns of ‘failing State’ amid widespread poverty in Lebanon
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
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 […]
UN Conciliation Commission holds its first meeting between Palestine and Israel to resolve dispute over allegations of racial discrimination
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 […]
Yemen: UN concerned about long-standing strike by Judiciary and its impact on individual’s right to access to justice
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 8 May 2022 The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, […]
Saudi Arabia: UN concerned about arrest of two Uyghurs at risk of being forcibly returned to China despite risk of torture
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 8 May 2022 UN experts have expressed their concerns about the Saudi authorities’ arrest and […]
UN fears Serbia will extradite activist to Bahrain despite death penalty risks
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts have expressed concern about the arrest and detention in Serbia […]
UN experts denounce Israeli housing policies in occupied East Jerusalem as racist
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts stressed that Israeli housing policies in East Jerusalem amount to […]
Saudi Arabia: UN calls for a halt to the executions of two citizens after an unfair trial
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 28 April 2022 UN experts have called for a moratorium on two executions against two […]
Egypt: UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demands immediate release of Zyad el-Elaimy and Louaya Abdel Halim
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 […]
Qatar: UN experts call for reform of the anti-money laundering and terrorist financing law
News briefing Translated and Edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: April 11, 2022 UN experts made several observations regarding Law No. 20 of 2019, regarding […]
Syria: UN’s Bachelet calls for more international efforts to clarify the fate of the missing
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 10 April 2022 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has welcomed […]
Libya: UN criticizes anti-cybercrime law and calls for its withdrawal
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 April 2022 UN experts have criticized the final version of the Libyan anti-cybercrime law, […]
On its visit to Tunisia, UN Committee for the Prevention of Torture reveals that it has monitored serious problems despite the remarkable progress
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 7 April 2022 The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) said Tunisia had made progress […]
Northeastern Syria: UN concerned about the conditions of detention of boys
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 April 2022 United Nations human rights experts have expressed deep concerns about the overall […]
UN demands to reveal the fate of a forcibly disappeared Sudanese activist and to release her immediately
News briefing Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: 6 April 2022 UN experts express their serious concerns about the exposure of Sudanese human […]
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