UN rapporteur calls on UAE government to release five human rights defenders    

11/06/2021

News briefing    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: 10 June 2021    The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, […]

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UN condemnation of the right-wing extremist attacks against Palestinians in Israel

02/06/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: 2 June 2021  The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Minority Affairs, Fernand de Varennes, condemned […]

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UN experts condemn Egypt’s execution of a Coptic after his conviction based on an alleged forced confession

31/05/2021

News briefing:   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: May 30, 2021  United Nations human rights experts have condemned the execution by the Egyptian authorities of […]

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UN Child Rights Committee urges Israel, Palestine and the international community to provide immediate support to children  

30/05/2021

News briefing:    Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: May 30, 2021 The Committee on the Rights of the Child of the United Nations […]

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UN Human Rights Council forms a commission to investigate the violations committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

30/05/2021

News briefing   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: 30 May 2021 The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution establishing an international commission […]

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UN welcomes Gaza-Israel ceasefire amid calls for the ICC to investigate the violations

21/05/2021

News briefing:   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice   Geneva: May 21, 2021 UN experts called on all parties to the conflict in Gaza and […]

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UN experts call on Saudi Arabia to disclose the fate of an Australian preacher extradited from Morocco

18/05/2021

News briefing:  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 18, 2021 United Nations experts call on the Saudi authorities to reveal the fate […]

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Bachelet calls for calm in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel and for all parties to abide by international law  

18/05/2021

News briefing:   Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice    Geneva: May 15, 2021     The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for strict […]

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Bachelet calls for calm in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel and for all parties to abide by international law

15/05/2021

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 15, 2021 The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, called for […]

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UN High Commissioner Spokesman: ‘Israel must allow and guarantee the exercise of the right to freedom of expression and assembly’

11/05/2021

News briefing: Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: May 11, 2021  The spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Robert Colville, said […]

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UN experts denounce Israel’s “brutal” handling of the protests in Jerusalem, urge an end to the evictions

11/05/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice Geneva: May 11, 2021 United Nations human rights experts have expressed their grave concern about Israel’s […]

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Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls on Israel to halt forced evictions of Palestinians from Jerusalem

09/05/2021

News briefing:    Translated and edited by: The Committee for Justice    Geneva: May 9, 2021    The spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, […]

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CFJ participates in a global UN questionnaire on human rights defenders in lengthy detention

30/04/2021

Press release Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva: April 27, 2021 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has participated in the global questionnaire published by […]

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UN calls on Saudi Arabia to stop the execution of the death sentence against a minor

28/04/2021

News briefing  Translated and edited by: Committee for Justice  Geneva, April 28, 2021 UN experts have called on the Saudi authorities to stop the execution of […]

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UN Arbitrary Detention Team: Arbitrary detention in Egypt has reached the stage of “serious violation of international law”

25/04/2021

In response to a complaint filed by the Committee for Justice UN Arbitrary Detention Team: Arbitrary detention in Egypt has reached the stage of “serious […]

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